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BIRTH REBORN: Using Design to Address Barriers to Equitable Maternal Care for Black Women
At a time when the maternal mortality rate in the US is soaring, Victoria Ayo's thesis, Birth Reborn: Using Design to Address Barriers to Equitable Maternal Care for Black Women, aims to give voice and power back to black women and mothers. Her project explores how design can build more awareness, facilitate the integration of ancestral knowledge, leverage the community, and help eliminate barriers to equitable birth outcomes. Victoria proposes new realities for collective care, bringing the wellbeing of mothers out of isolation and into solidarity.
UNFILTER: Dating in the digital age
Anna Chau began her journey into online dating when she first arrived in New York City. With the influx of choices of promising people to meet, she was excited to start searching for her perfect match. Soon after, however, she realized the experience was not meeting her expectations. Disappointed by the endless swiping, ghosting, and catfishing, Anna wondered if there was a way to hack the current online dating system and prompted her to begin research on her thesis, Unfilter: Dating in the Digital Age. The lenses that she explored in her thesis are choice, reflection, communication, and confidence to create a more positive dating experience through design.