Nick Okafor
Founder & Executive Director, trubel&co
Project: CivicScape: Mapping Power with Local Data and Student Voice
Mississippi & California
Bio
Nick Okafor is Founder and Executive Director of trubel&co, a tech-justice nonprofit that helps educators and students use data to strengthen civic learning and community action. An educator, researcher, and National Geographic Explorer, Nick has spent his career developing innovative tools that connect technology, data, and place-based learning to expand opportunity for young people. He is also an Echoing Green Fellow, Camelback Fellow, and Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University, where he studies how AI and data-driven learning can strengthen civic reasoning and student success.
Innovation for Learning Fund Project: CivicScape: Mapping Power with Local Data and Student Voice
CivicScape is an AI-powered platform that helps educators transform local civic and climate data into engaging, standards-aligned classroom lessons. The platform enables teachers to create place-based learning experiences that help students explore issues affecting their own neighborhoods, including housing, environmental justice, and public health. By strengthening students' data literacy, civic reasoning, and critical thinking skills, CivicScape prepares young people to become informed community leaders while making high-quality, locally relevant instruction more accessible for educators.
About trubel&co
trubel&co is a tech-justice nonprofit that equips educators and students with the tools to transform local data into meaningful civic action. Through innovative curriculum, educator training, and technology platforms, the organization helps young people build the technical, analytical, and civic skills needed to better understand their communities, advocate for change, and create more equitable futures.
