trubel&co is powered by diverse individuals informed by identity, committed to equity.
Team
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Nick Okafor
(he/him)
How I contribute: strategy, GIS, instruction
What trubel excites me: abolition
What’s on my playlist: Fellowship by serpentwithfeet
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Alani Douglas
(she/her)
How I contribute: scaling, platform building
What trubel excites me: informed dissent and healthy debate
What's on my playlist: Chronicles of Narnia, Powerful
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Natalie Araujo Melo
(any pronouns)
How I contribute: curricula and instruction
What trubel excites me: Queer Black Disabled liberatory fantasies
What’s on my playlist: Black Joy
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Dylan Turmeque
(he/they)
Instructional Design and Pedagogy Fellow
How I contribute: Instructional design, pedagogy and questions.
What trubel excites me: Joy, love, and curiosity in all settings.
What's on your playlist right now: Shakira, Kali Uchis, and Lo-Fi House
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Asenette Ruiz
(she/ella)
How I contribute: program development, capacity building, & all things environmental justice!
What trubel excites me: reimagined liberation, healing, and joy
What's on my playlist: sofia reyes, rema, lofi mexa
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Laken Sylvander
(she/her)
How I contribute: development strategy, marketing & branding
What trubel excites me: communal liberation
What’s on my playlist: Ethel Cain
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Kisha Bwenge
(she/her)
How I contribute: community building, communications, internal process design
What trubel excites me: participatory government reforms
What’s on my playlist: The original score to If Beale Street Could Talk
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Alberto Rivera
(he/him/él)
How I contribute: Curriculum/Workshop GIS Development and Implementation
What trubel excites me: Inner city youth empowerment
What's on my playlist: Reggaeton, Alternative Rock; (In English and Spanish) - Rap/Hip Hop, Reggae, Trap Music
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Danielle Katz
(she/her)
How I contribute: instruction, GIS curriculum development, GIS management/creation/research/writing (coming soon)
What trubel excites me: empowering youth to incorporate intentional subjectivity in data science and valuing lived and tech experience equally
What's on my playlist: Samia
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Donovan Dixson
Associate
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Alija Blackwell
(they/them)
How I contribute: community-centric design, edtech ethics, learning impact evaluation, listening
What trubel excites me: public imagination
What's on my playlist: Digital Movements, Climate Movements
Board
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David Hardy, Jr.
(he/him)
Former CEO of Lorain City Schools
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Carrie D. Jackson
(she/her)
VP Innovation at Jamestown LP
What trubel excites me: Getting trubel launched and providing tools and agency for more people to shape their cities!
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Nick Okafor
(he/him)
trubel&co co-founder