Featured Work

Hi👋, I’m Elham. I’m a

Pronounced ill-huhm (she/ella/هي)

I help local and state governments, nonprofits, startups, and academic institutions turn research insights, public data, and community voices into interactive stories and digital tools. Working across research, design, engineering, and communications teams, I combine qualitative and quantitative research, data analysis, human-centered design, and data visualization to create data experiences that help people learn, organizations make better decisions, and communities drive change in public health, climate justice, and health equity.

Stories & Data Visualizations

I design and build static, interactive, and scrollytelling experiences using R, D3.js, Svelte, Highcharts, Flourish, QGIS, Git/GitHub, and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

When Home Moves When home is erased, where do you go? This interactive data essay traces a journey across the Pacific, charting how climate disasters trigger mass internal displacement, fuel public health crises, and drive frontline communities to engineer innovative climate adaptation solutions. Svelte D3.js R

Love, Earth A microfiction and data visualization postcard series, where each postcard pairs an interactive chart with a short fictional story, both grounded in research on real climate solutions. The series invites readers to imagine a more hopeful climate future. Svelte D3.js rough.js R

2,212 studies used disappearing federal climate justice tools. We analyzed them all. An investigation into how researchers use now-defunct federal environmental justice tools to serve communities. R Highcharts Flourish JavaScript

Climate resilience requires equitable access to quality green jobs. Saint Paul is making strides. An analysis of racial and income inequities in access to quality green jobs across three sectors in Saint Paul. R Highcharts Flourish JavaScript

The State of State Digital Transformation An interactive map and landscape research into how states are modernizing government operations and services. Moustache QGIS Flourish

Responding to the Needs of Student Parents in Maryland How to build stronger systems that support their educational, career, and caregiving goals. Moustache Flourish

“You Didn’t Understand What They Meant”: The Hidden Barrier of Cognitive Accessibility How digital government accessibility — or the lack of it — shows up in everyday life through the lens of the Department of Justice’s Title II ruling. Flourish JavaScript

“It Takes a Village”: Counted, Connected, and Cared For Inside Arizona’s effort to link health and homelessness data through the Beeck Center’s award-winning Data Labs program. Flourish JavaScript

Family Health, by Design How fragmented public systems shape young families’ well-being in California — and what it would take to design them to work together. Highcharts Flourish

The Heart of TOPCities A multimedia story blending qualitative research, survey analysis, and community audio to show how residents co-designed local digital tools. R Highcharts Flourish

Research & Human-centered Design

Pima County Health Department COVID-19 vaccine delivery for Latina/o/e pregnant people

Washington State Board of Health Decisions to require COVID-19 vaccination for school entry

U.S. Digital Response COVID-19 crisis delivery for 19+ local and state governments

Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Climate food labels to influence student eating behavior

Arizona Department of Health Services Testing bilingual patient vaccine portal for faster bookings

New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute Digital tools for improved HIV prevention among young adults

City of Los Angeles Racial equity hubsite with historical and actionable datasets

Rho Impact Projected greenhouse emissions cuts by new farming technology

Bureau Veritas Rebrand of an $11M merger and acquisition of six companies

Food+Planet Analysis of dietitian attitudes and actions towards sustainable diets

Columbia University Impact of lactation pods among pregnant and lactating staff

Healthcare Ready Multilingual patient and clinician education on COVID-19 treatment