Building AI tools for the space between policy and people.
Twenty years in community systems design and public policy. Now using AI to help make America's safety nets work better, faster, and more humanely.
Projects
Interactive tools and visualizations — built with AI, grounded in two decades of work serving human systems.
AI Integration Timeline
A scrollytelling exploration of AI milestones — past, present, and predicted. Where we've been, where we're going, and what it means for public systems.
Food System Infographic
A data visualization mapping food access, demographics, and policy intersections across communities.
SNAP Restriction Waivers
A scrollytelling visualization exploring SNAP food restriction waivers across states and their policy implications.
H.R.1 Work Requirement Changes
Visualizing proposed changes to SNAP work requirements under H.R.1 and their impact on benefit recipients.
H.R.1 Economic Impact Analyzer
Explore the county-level economic impact of proposed H.R.1 changes to federal nutrition programs.
Policy wonk turned
AI builder.
I spent twenty years in the trenches of food systems and social services — administering SNAP in Colorado, running a food systems nonprofit, and learning exactly where the system breaks down for the people it's supposed to serve.
Now I build AI tools to fix those breakdowns. Currently in residence at Propel (the company behind Fresh EBT), combining deep policy knowledge with practical AI development.
I believe the best technology starts with understanding the problem — not the code.
Writing & Books
Thinking out loud about AI, food policy, and building things that matter.
Breaks Upon the Distance
Currently in editing. A novel exploring distance, connection, and what we carry forward.
The $20 Billion Food System Built to Collapse
An interactive visualization exploring how U.S. farm subsidies shape American dietary patterns and the potential for systemic alternatives.
When Policy Change Outpaces Analysis
Two SNAP informational tools created without traditional coding — addressing rapid policy shifts through interactive visualizations.