Evictions in the USA

Exploring the housing crisis and eviction data through research, volunteering, and data storytelling.

In my second year at Bowdoin, I co‑led an Alternative Spring Break trip to San Francisco with ten students to study the housing crisis. We volunteered with local organizations, visiting their facilities, contributing to point‑in‑time unhoused counts and engaging with individuals and families struggling to find stable housing. These experiences created foundation for my understanding of community support in tackling complex social challenges, and inspired me to use my skills and platforms to raise awareness and foster empathy.

After the trip, I created data visualizations, performed statistical analyses and wrote a paper on eviction variations as a capstone to a statistics course I was in. Through data storytelling, I illustrated how certain groups are continually prevented from accessing affordable housing. The choices we make in visualizing data are not only analytical but also artistic; thoughtfully crafted visuals can shape how people understand complex issues. Continuing this work with the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Housing as a Data Science Fellow, I centralized over three decades of eviction data for the first time. In my final year at Bowdoin, I wrote a thesis on exploring mathematical techniques for analyzing evictions in Boston.