In 2021 I collaborated with The Miami Foundation and writer Jordan Namerow to create a report to share stories of success from nine Legal Fund Clinic grantees around the country. Each grantee fell into one of five categories of work, and each had a 1-2 page case study to be included in the report.

Without any brand guidelines to operate within, I developed a few design proposals for The Miami Foundation to select from to determine style, typography, and color palette. I then crafted a visual categorization scheme to help readers differentiate among the grantees via color and icon use.

On this page are the front and back matter of the 23-page report as well as a few sample pages of the case studies.

For the 2018 report, we needed to dive deep into specific areas of expertise. I balanced clean content pages that were organized on a strong grid with three illustrated, engaging info-rich spreads (all pictured here) sprinkled throughout the book. The cover and opening of the book used spot gloss varnish and transparency of icons to allude to the aspirational and non-concrete nature of the book’s theme of “Our Vision for Student Success.”

The theme of “Our Seven-Year Promise” inspired my team and me to dream up the photo-driven concept of the flap-reveal cover and the split-photo pages that juxtapose a young student with their (hypothetical) older self. A landscape format accommodates these photo pairings and underlines the idea of longitudinal service.

I began working with Keshet in 2022 to design quarterly and annual reports on progress toward goals and outcomes. These reports are used internally with the board to support an understanding of organizational strengths, weaknesses, and where to focus for the quarter(s) ahead.

Pages in these regular reports include the content shown here, as well as visualizations covering finance, development, communications, and organizational culture performance indicators.

Over the years, I have refined or modified data visualizations to better convey the story Keshet needs to be able to quickly understand, and have reformatted the reports as priorities shift.

With a niche audience and scholarly tone, this set of fundraising books have their own sub-brand look to signal a different type of investment campaign than City Year’s usual materials. I maintain typography and layout styles across the set, while giving each book its own primary and secondary color.

Leise Jones puts tremendous care into building rapport with her clients. She wants to ensure her print and digital materials reflect the beauty of her photography but also her warmth and openness.

To visually reinforce the theme of relationships, I threaded graphic lines throughout the book. Not only did these lines imply relationships and connection, but I also used them to create focal points around moments of beautiful interaction in City Year’s photography. The vellum double cover alludes to the layers of and changeability of the relationships built by City Year.

With a limited visual identity for guidance, Avodah needed event designs that would wow its guests. I harnessed Avodah’s two typefaces and three brand colors to convey the energy and impact of Avodah’s young corps members. (Note that Avodah has a new visual identity as of 2017.)

To foster greater diversity of thought and experience, City Year Boston hoped to recruit greater numbers of recent high school graduates to service. This brochure was designed as fold-out piece to entice young adults to physically engage. With a bold format, strong photography, and graphic quotes, this piece captured the attention of students, parents, and counselors alike.

In the wake of the 2016 election and the emboldened white supremacy that followed, I found outlets for resistance in my art. These enamel pins, shirts, prints, and stickers have raised roughly $4,000 for progressive causes. (You can still purchase the statue prints and vinyl stickers on my Etsy shop.)