writing & thoughts

creative pieces & science communication

creative writing

iron heart

a short story about finding quiet moments in a loud city, and the memories that surface when the world stops moving.

queenpin

poetry collection focusing on rain, coffee shops, and the specific melancholy of the pacific northwest.

digital ghosts

speculative fiction about what happens to our data when we're gone, and who gets to keep the keys.

science communication

why data equity matters

exploring how bias in dataset collection leads to real-world healthcare disparities for marginalized communities.

translating the lab bench

strategies for researchers to communicate complex biomedical findings to the public without losing nuance.

the design of health portals

a ux case study breakdown on why elder adults struggle with modern patient portals and how we can fix it.