Shari Williams (she/her) is the director of equitable neighborhood planning at Detroit Future City, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life for all Detroiters. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, she designed an infographic highlighting the economic disparities caused by heir properties in Detroit. She also developed a social media toolkit that partners could leverage to underscore why reforming the heir property system is a crucial strategy for building economic wealth and stabilizing neighborhoods in Detroit.

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Shirani Jayasuriya (she/her) is a community organizer and communications manager at Ride New Orleans, an advocacy organization dedicated to transit equity and centering the needs and experiences of transit riders. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, she developed an open data portal and dashboard focused on transit and ridership data in the region.

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Lina Blanco (she/they/ella) is the communications and cultural strategist for the North Bay Organizing Project. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, she created an interactive digital story and a printable fact sheet for housing justice partners and elected officials. The resources highlight disparities in housing affordability and displacement in Sonoma County due to recent climate disasters. It also underscores the importance of adopting tenant protection policies before climate disasters and other emergencies to mitigate displacement and promote a just recovery.

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Lloyd Feng (he/him) leads the Invisible No More Campaign at the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF). Through this campaign, he advocates for disaggregated race and ethnicity data for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities in New York. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, developed an interactive dashboard for elected officials, highlighting the unique needs and characteristics of disaggregated groups within Asian American communities in New York City.

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Feliciano Ocegueda (he/him) is a water justice research analyst at the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO). As part of LVEJO’s water justice program, he works to educate and inform community members about equitable water access and infrastructure in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, Feliciano developed an interactive data tool to support advocacy efforts aimed at removing lead service lines and protecting residents from unsafe drinking water.

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Dalila Solis (she/her/ella) is a former community organizer for the Center of Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, where she focused on resolving wage theft and discrimination cases. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, she designed an infographic to help workers understand wage theft, recognize its impact, and access resources to recover stolen wages.

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Teela Gajewski (she/her) is a data coordinator at Action St. Louis, a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to building political power for Black communities in St. Louis, Missouri. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, she developed an interactive dashboard that sheds light on the experiences of renters in St. Louis, providing valuable insights into housing challenges, living conditions, and eviction filings in the region.

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