trina reynolds-tyler is the Data Director at the Invisible Institute, a Pulitzer Prize winning data journalist, and a native of the South Side Chicago. She leads Beneath the Surface, a project employing machine learning to identify gender based violence at the hands of Chicago police. trina works to document how communities unable to depend on the police are forced to create safety and accountability outside of the carceral state. As a data scientist, she centers the practice of narrative justice in her inquiries.
trina is an abolitionist and trained restorative justice practitioner and on the Board of South Side Together; a community organization whose mission is to secure economic stability and advance human rights.