Trubel&Co runs civic-tech education programs for youth and nonprofits across the US — teaching geospatial tools, data storytelling, and AI to communities fighting environmental and social injustice. With 850+ workshop participants and 6,000+ students impacted, the mission is real. The website wasn't keeping up.
I came in through Develop for Good, a program that places college students on pro-bono tech projects for nonprofits.
Owning the Impact page
As one of seven designers on a four-month redesign, I owned the Impact page end to end — from initial wireframes through rounds of usability testing to final implementation in Squarespace.
The team restructured the site's information architecture and built an accessible design system. My deliverable: a page that made Trubel&Co's impact legible and compelling to donors, partners, and potential participants.
What I owned:
- Impact page IA and wireframes — first draft through final
- Component design for impact stats and program cards
- Usability testing sessions and synthesizing findings
- Squarespace implementation and QA
Leading the redesign
In the second phase I stepped into the PM role — leading the full site redesign rather than executing within it. That meant owning scope, coordinating a cross-functional team, prioritizing decisions, and driving to launch.
The designer-to-PM arc within one project is the story here: having designed a page in phase one gave me grounded context that made me a better PM in phase two — I knew exactly where the design decisions lived and how to unblock the team.
- Defined project scope and success metrics
- Ran weekly team standups and design reviews
- Stakeholder communication with Trubel&Co leadership
- Final launch sign-off and handoff
The site is up
The redesigned Trubel&Co website is live at trubel.co — serving youth programs, nonprofit partners, and donors across the US.
Trubel&Co runs Mapping Justice, GIS workshops, and data storytelling programs for 6,000+ students, teachers, and practitioners. The site had to speak to all of them.