Nick Okafor (he/him) is the founder of trubel&co, a nonprofit venture studio that champions underserved youth to tackle complex societal problems using data, design, and technology. trubel&co build youth power in the digital age by integrated career technical education with experiential learning and liberatory design. A strategist and design researcher by trade, Nick is also a doctoral student at Stanford University in Management Science and Engineering, where his research focuses on the practice and pedagogy of responsible innovation.
Previously, Nick was a Senior Associate at Sidewalk Labs (Google's urban innovation arm), where he drove commercialization for emerging products that improve the quality of life in cities. Nick holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and sustainable development from Washington University in St. Louis. He advocates for a radical reimagining of the tools used to create a more just and equitable society and is committed to ensuring the digital revolution can increase opportunity, mitigate harm, and create liberatory futures for all.
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