2025 - 2026
Everyone experiences and perceives where they live differently. In neighborhoods undergoing rapid development, local histories are often at risk of being lost or diminished. In this case, Gowanus Yearbook emerges a living portrait of Gowanus. The project invites neighborhood residents to be photographed, mark their photos with the year they arrived or were born in Gowanus, and draw a symbol answering the prompt: “What makes Gowanus Gowanus?”
As part of the founding team for this project, I collected portraits and built relationships over the course of the year at community events held at Van Alen Institute, NYCHA’s Gowanus Houses Community Center, and Wild East Brewing Co. The first yearbook was celebrated with Gowanus Residents during the first-ever Yearbook Signing Party in June 2026.
Gowanus Yearbook was created by myself, Rida Chaudhry, and Ananaya Singh. We met in Parsons’ Resilient Mutual Development graduate course taught by Juanli Carríon. Juanli previously collaborated with Van Alen Institute on the multi-site installation With Your Voice, which led to an ongoing partnership with Van Alen to conduct community research in Gowanus.
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2026
At the Table was a convening organized by the Collective for Advanced Strategies (CAS) and the Research Scholar and Creative Practice Committee (RSCP) at the School of Design Strategies, Parsons School of Design. It was designed to formulate an open-ended exploration of strategy as a particular mode of thought and practice. It also served as an opportunity to materialize this vision through the exchange of diverse and robust projects in the making.
At the event, each participant shared a concrete object or image from their work as a way to explore strategic dimensions of their practice. The notion of the working “table” was inspired by the tactile and convivial dimensions of sharing a meal. Each person had a few minutes to present their artifact—an object, or image(s)—and spoke to how it relates to the strategic dimensions of their practice. The artifact circulated around the table as those gathered offered questions and reflections.
I did the communication and event design for this project.
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2023
The Global TB Caucus’ 2023 flagship events were originally a set of separate regional face-to-face meetings focused on building the necessary momentum for the United Nations High Level Meeting on TB. I learned from regional leaders in the Secretariat that parliamentarians shared similar goals and frustrations for TB advocacy and commitments from Heads of State. This led to unifying all of the summits under one campaign: “Future-proof”.
The theme was built upon the 2023 theme adopted by those in the TB community: “Yes! We can end TB.” We began from their optimistic charge towards a future world free from TB through a lens of strength and trust, especially as the network seeks to inspire more solid connections with affected communities and resource providers.
I led the process of synthesizing the summits together underneath a clear
visual direction and identity, working closely with the Caucus Secretariat and communications team to create a message and distinct aesthetic language that stood out in corporate language predominant in the public and global health spheres.
The campaign formed the basis of each region’s political declarations, which were eventually signed and passed by 49 active parliamentarians who attended our regional summits in India, Tajikistan, and Kenya. The declarations for Eastern Europe & Central Asia and Africa were notably raised in the Tajikistan and Kenyan parliaments, respectively.
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