I am a second-year PhD student at the UC Berkeley School of Information , where I work with Professor Deirdre Mulligan to study how sociopolitical advocates respond to and employ technological and algorithmic tools. I am also an affiliate of the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society for the 2022-23 academic year.
Previously, I was the staff technologist at the ACLU of Massachusetts in Boston, where I worked on the Technology for Liberty Project directed by Kade Crockford. My role included exploring and visualizing government data in order to inform citizens about the effects of legislation and political leadership, managing our Data for Justice site, and generally supporting ACLUM campaigns that operate at the intersection of technology and civil liberties.
Before joining the ACLU, I was a Research and Instrument Analyst for the James Webb Space Telescope mission at Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally from Hampton, VA, I received my B.S. from Yale in 2017, where I double-majored in astrophysics and African American studies.