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Welcome!
 

I’m a freelance data visualization designer and journalist.

I'm passionate about optimizing data and interactivity to inform readers through engaging stories. I've pursued alternative angles to health and chemicals for NBC News Data/Graphics, as well as manned the data desk solo for the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

 

Previously, I studied biostatistics at the University of Virginia. After falling in love with data visualization and the process that turns a spreadsheet into a story, I earned my master’s in Media Innovation + Data Communication from Northeastern University.

 

Check out my GitHub here, and clips and projects below:

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Eviction filings are above normal in South Florida. See where the highest rates are.

South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Interactive map: the latest school grades for South Florida districts

South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Investigation – Condo Wars: State regulators a dead end for desperate condo owners

South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Automatically updating live hurricane tracker

South Florida Sun Sentinel
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"The new normal": South Florida’s oppressive heat wave in three charts

South Florida Sun Sentinel
PFAS

Water PFAS clean-up costs could trickle down

NBC News
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A potentially cancer-causing chemical is sprayed on much of America’s farmland. Here is where it is used the most.

NBC News
Ibrahim Rayintakath for NBC News

Psychedelic therapies are on the horizon, but who will administer the drugs?

NBC News
A map of changing state laws on psilocybin

Colorado just legalized "magic mushrooms," an idea that's growing nationwide

NBC News
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Who in the U.S. gets paid sick leave, in four charts

NBC News
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Tracking abortion laws and restrictions by state

NBC News
NBC homepage of data graphics abortion clinic finder map

Where is abortion legal? See how far you'd have to travel for care.

NBC News
VoteChat by The Emancipator screencap

VoteChat: a voting rights chatbot

The Emancipator
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Research with the Co-Lab for Data Impact

Journalism Practice
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Behind the Scenes with Storybench

Storybench
NBC News Graphics
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