Hydrological models like NOAA’s National Water Model (NWM) are powerful but often inaccessible to local water decision-makers without technical expertise. At the Global Resilience Institute, I worked with researchers and hydrologists to bridge that gap through user research, interviews, and community engagement methods to translate of complex technical information into accessible materials for non-technical audiences. The product was FloodSavvy—an interface that reshapes NWM insights into actionable information and makes highly technical data understandable to emergency managers, planners, and local practitioners. My work focused on technical writing, research communication, project and team management, and engagement with participating communities.

My Contributions:

• Conducted interviews with practitioners across six diverse U.S. communities
• Identified user needs and technical pain points
• Managed timelines and deliverables across researchers, hydrologists, and community partners
• Wrote articles explaining how we co-developed this resource alongside communities and three community narratives on how they are implementing this tool within their work
• Co-created a step-by-step NWM tutorial for first-time users 
• Co-authored a public-facing materials, like blog posts, website content and social media posts

The articles below come from earlier roles in international development research and journalism, where I worked on cross-country research studies, managing and conducting research and journalism projects on labor rights in Latin America.  Additional pieces come from roles as a journalism TA and in communications positions such as my work with the ACLU.