I craft strategic narratives and solutions from complex research data.
I'm a design researcher and visual designer who uses mixed methods research to develop solutions that positively impact people's everyday lives.
Work
A Robotic System to Enhance Plastic Waste Disposal at Brown University
GENERATIVE RESEARCH + SERVICE DESIGN
Climate • Technology
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Academic labs generated 12 billion pounds of plastic waste in the year 2020. How might we develop sustainable practices to reduce the generation of plastic waste in this context.
WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) Behavior Change Curriculum for Ethiopian Schools
EVALUATIVE + GENERATIVE RESEARCH + DESIGN
Public Health • Behavior • Education
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Poor hand-washing practices and waterborne illnesses are the leading cause of disease and death in children in Ethiopia. How might we use behavior change as a tool to tackle this?
Open IDEO Challenge: Health Economics for Time Bound Cancer Screening
RESEARCH SPRINT
Health Equity • Access
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More than half of all cancer deaths are entirely preventable. What if more people could avoid or survive cancer through another means—by empowering them to take charge of their health?
Case Studies
Designing Humanitarian Aid Tools for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland (UNICEF)
GENERATIVE RESEARCH
Design for Emergency • Service Design
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Millions of women and children have been fleeing the war in Ukraine since February 2022. How do we make sure that UNICEF’s Blue Dot facilities are equipped to meet the demands of this emergency?
Enhancing Mental Health and Adolescent Sexual Health Services in Ghana (UNICEF)
EVALUATIVE RESEARCH & REPORT
Public Health Systems • ASRH
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How can we effectively address and overcome the stigma and accessibility barriers surrounding mental health and adolescent sexual health services in Ghana, to foster a more supportive and inclusive environment for adolescents in need of these services?
Experiments & Play
Future Scenario: A World Devoid of Bees, Four Millennia into the Future
SPECULATIVE THINKING & RESEARCH
Climate • Futures • Augmented Reality
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Bee populations have been dwindling around the world, over the past decade. How do we sensitize communities with imaginative storytelling to illuminate how nature’s natural systems will be distorted if bees and other pollinators go extinct?
Learning to Create Fractals Using Parametric Functions with P5.js
DATA VISUALIZATION AND CREATIVE CODING
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What started out as a need to learn a tool for data visualization, became something I started fiddling around with, for the sheer joy of learning something from scratch
Book’s Don’t Have To Always Be a Box, Do They?
PUBLICATION DESIGN
Writing • Documentation
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From the synchronized pulsation of heartbeats to the intricate interplay with temporal awareness, this exhibition display sought to elucidate the profound connection between our physiological rhythm and the subjective flow of time.