I’m a PhD candidate at the University of Washington advised by Lindah Kotut and Catherine D’Ignazio. My research tries to broadly understand how we can use data and build technology in more just and sustainable ways for and with marginalized communities. I’m particularly interested in working with activists and understanding how to use climate justice to better design technology.
I’m also a research affiliate with the Data + Feminism Lab at MIT and Graduate Fellow at the Center for Environmental Politics at UW. I’m supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and University of Washington Graduate School’s Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence.
Previously, I got my undergraduate degree at MIT in Urban Planning with Computer Science and American Studies. I’ve also interned at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Google, among other places.
Updates
- Dec 2025: I’ll be at AGU 2025 presenting “Radical Imagination as a Tool for Envisioning Climate Technology Futures” about my ongoing work Front and Centered.
- Oct 2025: Forthcoming paper with Nikko Stevens and Catherine D’Ignazio about trans activists’ approaches to data got an honorable mention and DEI recognition at CSCW ‘25, and I’ll be presenting it in Norway! The companion paper is also live on Big Data & Society. I also got an AGU student travel grant to present “Radical Imagination as a Tool for Envisioning Climate Technology Futures” with Nino Migineishvili, Isabel Carrera Zamanillo, and Lindah Kotut at AGU in December.
- Aug 2025: I, along with Lindah Kotut, got to talk to UW News about our recent paper about AI, developers, and advocates. I’ll also be volunteering at 4S in September and presenting a paper at CSCW in October.
- July 2025: Paper about AI for sustainability developers and environmental/climate advocates published at DIS. Another, short paper with Meira Gilbert and Lindah Kotut about scams and user detection and responses strategies at COMPASS, plus an interactive demo about water with many delightful collaborators.
- June 2025: I passed my general exam this quarter. I also am co-organizing a workshop on care at Creativity and Cognition on June 23. In July, I’ll be attending the Diverse Intelligences Summer Insitute in Scotland.