I designed and built the compliance system end to end: the deterministic code and infrastructure checks, the AI drift audit, the policy attestation workflow, and the portal that ties them together.

End-to-end product design and engineering, with a focused craft pass on ShockTalk’s glass UI and visual system—information architecture, flows, content design, and production code. I partnered with...

Creator — end-to-end design and engineering: interaction and content design, the scholarship-to-database pipeline, and the conversational learning experience. Built in partnership with community la...

Project Lead — discovery and research, mood board and design direction, community team feedback sessions, user-centered prototyping, and high-fidelity Framer prototype. Built in close collaboration...

Full Stack Dev & Project Lead — data pipeline architecture, Indigenous sponsor identification database, AI-powered legislative analysis tool, and AirTable integration. Built in service of UIC&#...

Introduction ShockTalk is a culturally tailored telemental health platform focused on alleviating unresolved historical and intergenerational trauma for Indigenous peoples. ShockTalk seeks to addre...

Introduction: Why Redesign the UIC Website? Since the organization’s inception, UIC has leveraged a simple GoDaddy website to share programming and event details with our community. With the ...

Project Brief Role: As UIC’s IT Manager, my role was in leading the research, design, and implementation of our entire IT infrastructure. I leveraged my expertise as a Product Designer and Web Deve...

Context: The Importance of MMIP Data In 2021, UIC initiated the creation of its MMIP policy tracker, which tracks “all state-wide or national legislation relating to MMIWGT2S in the United States.&...

After being unable to verify the Bear as our clan symbol, I kept my eyes peeled as I periodically re-scoured the sources I have been compiling. While rereading The “Discoveries” of John...

Shoccoree tribal historian Rebecca Fetcher and I are in regular communication in regards to the latest findings on our nation’s history. Rebecca was sharing with me a record of an Indian birc...

To conclude the independent research I have been conducting with the guidance of Professor Ellis, I have compiled a write up which begins to organize the unspooled threads of Shoccoree history. Alt...

After I had reenrolled in my nation back in the Fall of 2017, I encountered an archival absence on my people. Although I had knowledge of the traditions which had been preserved and passed from my ...

Doing the work for this assignment was deeply meaningful for me. At present, I’ve been battling some racist remarks from professors. This project gave me a safe and supportive space to connect with...

This photo depicts the Temple of the Chief in the Grand Village of the Natchez. The Natchez were a related group of Mississippian peoples. I am seeking to recreate the temples of Talimeco which the...

I have spent the first phase of the project mostly thinking about assets and thinking about what I want this project to accomplish. To be clear, I see this as a large project which I will likely co...

Idea: Pokemon Galaga Inspo Links: http://www.freegalaga.com/emailform/form.php Final Game Link: http://i6.cims.nyu.edu/~rpr288/FINALLL/index.html Ryan We decided to recreate the classic arcade game...

Idea: Pokemon Galaga Inspo Links: http://www.freegalaga.com/emailform/form.php Overview After receiving feedback from Professor Kapp, our group decided to move away from our original idea, Oswald t...

Idea: Oswald the Elephant Inspo Links: http://www.kalonica.com/oswald-the-elephant.html Overview (Ryan) We are interested in building Oswald the Elephant because it is a game that I (Ryan) enjoyed ...

In a tragedy 8 years ago that shook the town of Simsbury, I lost my 18 year old brother Rob to an overdose on Oxymorphone the morning after his graduation party. My brother’s tragedy made the 11:00...

Henri Matisse utilizes the tactic of reduction in a way that is highly indicative of his time. Despite those who would claim “there is nowhere in his work that can you find…any reference to t...

Prototyping For Days November 14th – December 8th For the three weeks between November 14th and December 8th, I set out in earnest to develop a tactile representation of the grow-top I was envision...

Moving Towards the End As we move closer to the last day of class, I’ve begun getting ready to build my final project. I believe in participatory/democratic education, so for me, learning by doing ...

As of right now, I am currently exploring options primarily related to my readymade for my tank’s body. I’m trying to find if Craigslist would be a cheaper option for finding a suitable fish tank, ...

After getting successively cloudier, my tank transformed over night to become quite clear. The increased cloudiness was the increase in nitrate fixing bacteria, while the sudden snap to clarity ind...

Tank Progress For this week, not much has changed (again). Tank cycling is a biological process that takes 30 days, and is depicted below: Over the past few weeks, I’ve experienced occasional die-o...

I believe that Lloyd only begins to scratch the surface with his analysis. While Lloyd rejects claims of anthropomorphization, I still believe that his overarching lens of ascribing “being-like” qu...

For this week, not much has changed. Tank cycling is a biological process that takes 30 days, and is depicted below: At the moment, I’ve chosen to let the tank sit as the process depicted above pla...

Last week I toyed around with settling on a final form factor. After coming around to a general vision with the primary goal being a self sustaining alternative organic farming method, I decided it...

As we continue to push forward with our Creative IO projects, I’ve been going slowly churning my way though the creative process. When this project was proposed, I immediately knew I wanted to take...

In the past few weeks, I’ve seen the legions of columnists reporting and speculating on the fate of the Republican health care bill. A recent Politico article titled “Critics pan opioid cash design...