About Us

Since 2012 he has managed the Neighborhood Compass, creating indicators of neighborhood change for public use. His work with neighborhoods and community organizations includes mapping and other data visualization related to demographics, housing, health, economic development and the intersection of these in communities.

She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and is particularly interested in combining data and the written narrative to share meaningful stories of our neighbors and communities.

She seeks involvement in social and environmental justice-focused research that both critically complicates traditional study of health and illness while also supporting social change.

Allison has worked with local health departments, non-profits, and social service organizations across the Triangle. She completed her MPH at UNC Chapel Hill in the department of health behavior and is now a student in Duke’s master’s in interdisciplinary data science Program (Duke MIDS).

RAD partners with DataWorks to support research, design, and development for the Neighborhood Compass and the Neighborhood Health Indicators projects, as well as to support community-based research and engagement around equitable development.

I came into my work as an artist and designer through community organizing. I discovered joy and fulfillment in creating visual content that compelled people into action and ignited powerful emotions. My artistic work is colored by my identity as a Black, immigrant, butch queer person, Muslim, and comic book nerd; and I bring my boldness, quirks, and convictions to every project I work on.

She is now Co-Chair of the Chapel Hill Funders Network; and on the board of directors for PTA Thrift Shop in Chapel Hill-Carrboro, NC Data Works, the Wilkins Corporation, and Chapel Hill Cooperative Preschool. She has also served on the boards of the Institute of Political Leadership, NC Center for Women in Public Service, and NC State Theatre Endowment; and on advisory committees for the Chapel of the Cross, NC Network of Grantmakers, Forward Cities & the Durham Innovation Council, MDC, Triangle J Council of Governments, United Way of the Greater Triangle, and Kidznotes.

With more than 41 years of service with the Department, she is committed to promoting health in underserved populations. Gayle earned a BSN from Duke University and a MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Fred grew up in the Mid-Atlantic United States in the state of Maryland, in a large urban city, Baltimore. He completed his undergraduate studies at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Wake Forest University Babcock School of Business with a Master degree in Business Administration. 

He is a former community organizer with several unique accomplishments including the Community Reinvestment Act and while working for The AFL-CIO put 10,000 seniors on the Mall in Washington DC in opposition to President Ronald Reagan’s proposed cuts in Social Security.

To act on those beliefs, Alexandra has worked in partnerships with students, parents and the Durham community here at Student U for the past 7 years. Alexandra’s vision for the world is one where organizations like Student U no longer exist and every person is able to reach his or her full potential because our systems and institutions are just and equitable. Until that vision is reached, she is thankful to do work that is meaningful, urgent and necessary alongside an incredible personal and professional community.

Why DataWorks? I am energized and inspired by DataWorks’ vision of empowering citizens and communities with the data they need to tell true and honest stories about their own communities. My highest aspiration is that DataWorks becomes a mechanism that all Durham citizens can use to hold our city accountable for doing right by all members of our community.