Brooklyn, NY — Student · UX designer · Community researcher · Visual storyteller
Adiba Islam
I'm a student studying how design and data can help communities respond to real problems—like light pollution, flooding, and environmental justice.
Open to internships, mentorship, and collaborative projects
“Curious, grounded, and still going.”
- Track
- Tech & AI · Environment & Data
- Makes
- LightOff, visual content, surveys—and analog horror art
- Believes
- Consistency is key
- Home base
- Queens—science and art in the same brain
The work, explained simply
Two projects tell you most of what you need to know. No background required.
Featured build · SideQuest
LightOff
I built a website targeting the lack of attention toward light pollution in big cities like New York. It includes a quiz so people can see how much they contribute to light pollution, plus a guide they can actually use to reduce it.
- Quiz
- Measure your own light footprint
- Guide
- Practical ways to dim the glow
- Ongoing
- Research I plan to keep going
Civic research
Emergency Readiness Awareness
After watching Thrash, I studied why communities can be left unprepared for flooding—and helped create awareness materials that make preparation feel real and possible.
See how it worksA bit about me
I’m curious and grounded, with a sense of humor that shows up right alongside serious civic thinking. I build, notice, revise, and keep going.
Full profileWhat I actually do
Website Design & UX
I shaped LightOff one session at a time—adding visuals, improving the experience, and keeping the work moving.
Structure, visuals, iteration
Community Research
I connect environmental data and lived experience so civic information reaches the people it is meant for.
Surveys, listening, synthesis
Visual Storytelling
I use design to make serious ideas memorable. Sometimes that means climate readiness; sometimes it means analog horror art.
Canva, graphics, analog horror
Let's build something useful together.
I'm interested in UX, creative technology, community research, and projects that take young people's ideas seriously.