Independent, intersectional feminist publication amplifying voices on motherhood, labor, technology, politics, and power.
- Founded and direct The Parlor, overseeing editorial strategy, contributor onboarding, and organizational growth.
- Directed end-to-end UX and brand design, developing a cohesive design system for both web and print collateral.
- Designed and implemented website architecture ensuring accessibility, responsive design, and smooth reader journey.
- Built and launched The Parlor Shop as a revenue and branding arm, curating ethically sourced merchandise.
- Managed fundraising, fiscal sponsorship exploration, and grant writing to secure sustainable revenue streams.
- Optimized user flows for subscription, shopping, and content discovery, prioritizing clarity and reducing friction.
Designing at the intersection of editorial storytelling and civic infrastructure — turning complex data about power, policy, and public systems into things people can actually see, use, and act on.
- Interactive data visualizations and investigative maps built with D3.js, Leaflet, and Flourish — turning policy data, legislative records, and public datasets into explorable visual narratives.
- Civic technology tools and web applications for independent media organizations, nonprofits, and advocacy groups covering immigration, labor, accountability, and public infrastructure.
- Editorial design and digital publishing infrastructure for independent publishers — from brand identity and print production to CMS architecture and subscriber platforms.
- Science communication design for researchers and community scientists — translating fieldwork, climate data, and public health findings into accessible public-facing web presence.
- Frontend development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React — building custom embeds, serverless API integrations, and data-driven interfaces from scratch.
- Designed and conducted semi-structured interviews, needs assessments, and intake surveys with hundreds of migrant women.
- Created trauma-informed outreach materials in Arabic, Italian, French, and Spanish in partnership with psychologists and legal experts.
- Helped draft service guidelines that contributed to municipal policy change on gender-based violence and migrant health access.
- Led workshops and feedback sessions with service users to improve cultural competency and usability of support systems.
Direct support to survivors of human trafficking and severe exploitation, guiding individuals through legal, social, and psychological systems.
- Conducted intake assessments and developed individualized care plans in coordination with legal aid, law enforcement, and healthcare services.
- Supported clients through asylum procedures and Article 18 residency pathways, connecting them with vocational training.
- Collaborated with psychologists, cultural mediators, and legal experts to deliver trauma-informed, culturally competent care.
- Documented exploitation patterns to inform policy and contribute to outreach and prevention activities.
Comprehensive training across the full product design lifecycle — from exploratory user research and ethnographic interviewing through affinity mapping, task analysis, and persona development, to lo-fi and hi-fi prototyping in Figma, iterative usability testing, heuristic evaluation, interaction design, information architecture, design systems and component libraries, accessibility standards (WCAG), and handoff for development implementation.
Thesis research examining structural barriers to public health service access among migrant women in Italy, employing qualitative methodology including semi-structured interviews, intersectional needs assessment frameworks, and comparative policy analysis across regional healthcare systems. Research situated within feminist political economy and postcolonial public health literature.
Specialized in phonetic transcription methodology and variationist sociolinguistics, conducting field research on Puerto Rican dialectology through systematic data collection, acoustic analysis, and corpus-based documentation. Contributed as a research collaborator to the updating of the Tesoro Lexicográfico de Puerto Rico — a longitudinal lexicographic corpus documenting the morphological, phonological, and semantic particularities of Puerto Rican Spanish — applying qualitative coding and archival research methods.