hello, my name is aisha

Thank you for visiting my website.

I am a multidisciplinary designer and engineer based out of New York City.

I help organizations and communities understand and respond to complex environmental challenges through design, data, and emerging technologies. I specialize in making systems (climate, water, energy, urban resilience) tangible and actionable through visualization, simulation, and interactive design.

I'm originally from the midwest and grew up spending a lot of time outdoors. That connection to nature led me to environmental engineering, but I quickly realized the most interesting problems at the intersection of the built and natural environment require more than just engineering. They need thoughtful design, compelling communication, and emerging tech approaches. This realization brought me to the worlds of design and data visualization to expand what I could solve.

I've spent my career steering toward problems that haven't been solved yet. I'm technical and I'm social, and bridging those two sides of the world together is what I'm most interested in. I've worked in research, consulting, and in the field, and I finished an MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design in 2026. I enjoy working in interdisciplinary environments where I can collaborate with engineers, designers, researchers, and the people all around.

My work sits at the intersection of climate resilience and emerging technologies. I'm particularly interested in:
- Climate-adaptive design: helping buildings and communities prepare for and respond to climate change
- Data and Modeling: using code, data, and interactive systems to make abstract environmental data understandable and actionable
- Systems thinking and operations: bridging engineering, design, sustainability, and human perspectives

In my free time I still enjoy being outside. I also like painting, playing music, and doing the rest of the fun things we all love to do in NYC.