JFA in action

Our work

We turn data into tools, stories, and experiences.

Self-initiated with Jen Ray · 2026

The Ray Family Story

We turned thousands of handwritten research pages into a Neo4J graphDB, which in turn writes a 326-year history that can be read, explored and shared by a unique North Carolina Family.

Crankstart · 2025

Streets to Stability

Making San Francisco's homelessness system visible: one diagram of 3 stages, 9 agencies and 232 providers, six chapters and twelve recommendations.

Data Vandals · Mayor's Office of Los Angeles · 2026

LA Loves

One question for Angelenos at the city's World Cup watch parties: what do you love about LA? A tent, a mural and a four-part sticker survey across five parks and ten days.

Data Vandals · MTA Vacant Unit Activation Program · 2026

The Newsstand

An abandoned newsstand on the downtown 6 platform at 51st & Lexington, turned into a data-art gallery for the 52,000 people who pass it every day.

Data Vandals · Metro Art, ArtCenter, Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy · 2025

LA on the Move

A year-long exhibition at Union Station about how wildlife and people move through Los Angeles.

Data Vandals · 2026

Old Maps of NYC

Stand still and move through time: the app finds where you are, centres thirty-six georeferenced maps on that spot, and lets you swipe back through 238 years of your own block.