I build data tools and analysis workflows that help communities understand and act on their own health needs.

 

    I hold a B.S. in Data Science from Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, where I live with my husband and young son and where my work is rooted. I also hold a degree in Food & Nutrition with a dietetic focus from the University of Alabama. This means I don't just work with health data; I understand what it means clinically, particularly around nutrition, food access, and patient outcomes.

 

    Most of my project work concerns public health, food systems, and data visualization. I build things that are meant to be used by real people: interactive dashboards, reproducible analysis workflows, and tools designed for non-technical audiences who need to make decisions from complex data.

 

    Outside of data work I'm involved in community sustainability projects in Lamoni, including a community garden I organized and an energy audit tool I'm building for local use. I care about the place I live and I want my work to reflect that.

 

    I'm currently open to roles in community health data, food systems, and public health, particularly with rural Iowa and southern Iowa orgs doing meaningful work.

Interests: community health data · food systems & food security · rural resilience · public health nutrition · interactive visualization · reproducible workflows