Coordinating community engagement for an HIV prevention campaign that centered Latine LGBTQ+ voices in Chicago. I scheduled and documented community partner sessions, designed bilingual recruitment materials, and helped translate community insights into a social marketing campaign that reached 118,750+ people and won national recognition. This project demonstrates how participatory design methods can address health equity challenges while honoring cultural complexity.

When participant retention dropped to 13% in a longitudinal health study with Black LGBTQ+ communities, I redesigned the operational infrastructure from the ground up. A case study in systems design, operational UX, and human-centered problem solving that improved retention to 32% while revealing critical insights about community health during the pandemic.

Translating complex behavioral health data into accessible tools for Virginia's community service organizations. A case study in UX writing, plain language health communication, and designing for diverse interest-holders—from epidemiologists to community advocates.