about housing justice, telling stories through soundscapes, intentional community, and worker-owned cooperatives. Reach out to talk about or work together in any of these areas.

I led the AI team at Pickle Robot Co. Before that, I worked on interactive maps for DSTI in Freetown, Sierra Leone. I've also taught autonomous boats how to shapeshift for my thesis in the Senseable City Lab at MIT and remember a thing or two about control systems and optimization.

community radio (WMBR dj, dublab listener), local music and concerts, nice walks to the river, tea (jasmine, white, licorice root, rooibos), plant-based food, open-souce robot builds, reflective journaling, fingerpicking my guitar, miscellaneous diy projects, online Afaan Oromoo dictionaries and, of course, a good night's rest.

is where my people are - Camberville, where I have lived several versions of myself and built significant community; New York, where I spent most of my childhood; Amsterdam, where I am "from" and routinely visit; and Finfinne, where I have family.