Projects

The six-year story of building the Child Poverty Action Lab's data function from scratch: hiring the org's first data engineer, standing up a vendor-augmented team, selecting and migrating to Databricks, leading the data org through a CDO transition, and rolling AI-enabled workflows across the team. A leadership case study, not a pipeline write-up.

• > Scaled the data team from 1 analyst to 7
• > Led the data org through a CDO transition
• > Selected and migrated to Databricks; rolled out AI workflows org-wide

The eviction data workstream behind the Child Poverty Action Lab's housing work: turning messy county court records into a daily feed that 12+ partners (the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center, the Princeton Eviction Lab, Dallas HHS) use to reach tenants facing displacement, and into the public transparency of North Texas Evictions. Built in R in 2020, then rebuilt on Databricks by our data engineering team as it scaled to four North Texas counties. What mattered was always who the data reaches.

• > 48,000+ Dallas filings a year turned into tenant outreach
• > ~800 tenants a year connected to legal representation
• > Feeds 12+ partners and North Texas Evictions

Interactive R Shiny application mapping homestead exemption take-up rates across Dallas by census tract, zip code, and neighborhood. Filters by race/ethnicity and income level to surface disparities in who is claiming property tax savings. Built with Mapbox GL, sourcing data from the Dallas Central Appraisal District and American Community Survey.

• > Choropleth mapping by tract, zip, and neighborhood
• > Equity-focused filters by race/ethnicity and income
• > Downloadable report and open data

The on-the-ground companion to the Homestead Exemption Map. Around a canvasser's location, it flags every parcel likely eligible for an unclaimed homestead exemption (worth hundreds to thousands of dollars a year per household), estimates the tax savings left on the table, and tracks outreach status door to door. Built with R Shiny and Mapbox GL on Dallas Central Appraisal District data, it's used by roughly 20 field-team members across CPAL's outreach partners.

• > Flags homes likely missing a homestead exemption, with projected savings
• > ~20 active field-team users across outreach partners
• > The door-to-door companion to the Homestead Exemption Map

Professional practice website for a licensed counselor and professor, offering counseling, clinical supervision, trauma-informed yoga, and speaking services. Fully bilingual (English/Spanish) with i18n routing, JSON-LD structured data, scroll-reveal animations, and a warm earthy design system.

• > Full English/Spanish bilingual support
• > JSON-LD structured data and strong SEO
• > Accessibility-first design with skip links and ARIA

A community-sourced tournament data platform for the global Digimon TCG scene. A 450+ member Discord and a network of volunteer organizers keep the data flowing; the platform turns it into regional meta analysis, scene-aware leaderboards, and blog deep-dives players use to prep for events. In its first six months: 5,000+ tournaments logged across 280 cities, 9,000+ players tracked, and around 1,000 daily active users. A public API powers external community tools. Built on Astro, Preact, and Neon Postgres.

• > 5,000+ tournaments logged · 450+ Discord community members
• > SSR Astro + Preact islands · Neon Postgres on Vercel edge
• > Public token-authenticated API and admin CRUD subdomain