
Aria Shah
Aria Shah is a Computer Science student at Stanford University (Class of 2029) and a summer intern at Giving Connection, where she works at the intersection of technology and social impact. Her writing explores how data, design, and community can come together to address systemic inequities–from the digital divide to resource allocation in the nonprofit sector.

What Data Can Teach Us About Community Needs
In 2022, a food bank in Louisville, Kentucky noticed something unexpected in its intake data: demand spiked every third week of the month. Not the...