using data, design, and engineering to solve problems and tell stories that matter
data visuals editor at the council on foreign relations
previously, a research engineer at the mansueto institute for urban innovation helping academics and journalists understand public transportation, property ownership networks, public finance, property taxes, etc. before that, the data editor at the chicago maroon, analytics at the dnc, and youth programming at changeist
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An interactive map of the New York Times' Metropolitan Diary placed where they happened, 1976–2026.
Food has increasingly become a tool of war, triggering humanitarian devastation and disrupting global food supplies. International authorities appear incapable of responding.
A guide to creating scrollytelling stories including when the format is worth using, and the different techniques for pulling it off.
Drawing from University archives, campus maps, academic literature, and news clippings, the Maroon charted the University's contentious property acquisitions from its charter in 1890 to the present. Featured on the front page of Hacker News and r/Chicago.
Never miss the sunset again. An automated system that captures, scores, and displays the best sunset photo from the previous night using computer vision and a Raspberry Pi.
The world faces unresolved conflicts, growing climate crises, attacks on aid workers, two famines, and diminishing political will—along with significant aid cuts. Altogether, 2025 has earned a grim new superlative: the worst humanitarian year on record. Read the full article by Sam Vigersky with nine charts I helped create to illustrate the crisis.