Policy Strategist · Urban Data Storyteller · Community Advocate
Cities hold
the data.
Communities
hold the truth.
Tia Fields is a policy strategist and urban data storyteller who translates the gap between what dashboards show and what neighborhoods actually experience — into strategy that moves institutions and gives communities ownership of their story.
10+
Years in
Policy
Policy
4
Practice
Areas
Areas
Local → Federal
Scale of
Influence
Influence
Featured capability
Spatial Analysis — Louisiana SB 121 Redistricting & Resource Alignment
⚠ Proposed — awaiting House floor vote
5R · 1D districts
Senate Bill 121 proposes redrawing Louisiana's congressional map into five Republican districts and one Democratic district — shifting boundaries in ways that structurally separate communities from the infrastructure built to sustain them. This spatial analysis overlays the proposed lines against statewide transportation corridors, waterways, and industrial assets to make visible what the map obscures: who gains access to regional economic power, and who doesn't.
Reflects proposed SB 121 boundaries as introduced. Awaiting a full House floor vote. Subject to change and potential legal challenge. Not an official state document.
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Tell Louisiana lawmakers: Vote NO on SB 121
Sources: LA Legislature (SB 121 proposed) · Built with Felt
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Signature Service · Pillar 01
Urban Data
Storytelling
Spatial Analysis · Dashboard Design · Community Narrative
City data is everywhere. Understanding what it means for the people who actually live in those cities — that's the gap. Urban Data Storytelling combines spatial analysis, interactive dashboard design, and human-centered narrative to make complex urban trends like housing pressure, mobility, and displacement legible to stakeholders, policymakers, and communities alike.
The result isn't just a chart. It's a decision-ready story that an elected official, a foundation program officer, and a neighborhood association can all read — and act on.
- Spatial Analysis & Mapping — geographic visualization showing where policy lands and who it misses
- Interactive Dashboard Design — live tools built for non-technical stakeholders and community briefings
- Displacement & Housing Indices — custom metrics combining census, permit, and community data
- Mobility & Transit Storytelling — movement patterns translated into equity-centered policy narratives
- Legislative Data Packages — analysis formatted for testimony, committee briefing, and press
- Community Data Literacy — workshops and toolkits that put data ownership back in community hands
Spatial Analysis
Dashboard Design
Census & ACS Data
Python Pipelines
Airtable Systems
Narrative Frameworks
Sample output · Policy brief
Research synthesis
This brief demonstrates how Urban Data Storytelling translates peer-reviewed research into structured, board-ready analysis — combining data synthesis, visual communication, and policy framing into a single decision-ready deliverable.
Additional Practice Areas
Three more lanes.
One integrated practice.
One integrated practice.
02
Systems · Policy · Coalition
Policy & Government Affairs
Legislative research and advocacy strategy that holds systems accountable to the communities they were built for — and the ones they forgot.
- Legislative Tracking — bill analysis with stakeholder impact mapping
- Policy Briefs & Memos — written for institutions and coalitions
- Testimony Preparation — framing, coaching, alignment
- Electoral & Campaign Strategy — local to statewide issue campaigns
- Regulatory Navigation — compliance-aware coordination across sectors
03
Narrative · Messaging · Media
Communications & Narrative Strategy
Turning mission-driven complexity into clarity that builds trust, shapes coverage, and moves people from awareness to action.
- Messaging Guides — frameworks your whole team can deploy
- Impact Storytelling — human-centered narrative, data as the spine
- PR & Media Strategy — earned media, editorial, spokesperson prep
- Speechwriting & Testimony — voice-matched, policy-grounded
- Campaign Branding — toolkits, digital content, print systems
04
Capacity · Infrastructure · Systems
Organizational Strategy & Capacity
Building the internal architecture that lets mission-driven organizations operate with discipline — without losing the soul that drives them.
- Strategic Planning — facilitated processes teams actually follow
- Advocacy Infrastructure — coalition and cross-sector alignment
- Data Systems & Pipelines — Airtable, Python, workflow automation
- Grant Reporting — backend logic that keeps funders informed
- Leadership Advisory — capacity-building for founders and EDs
Tia Fields
Policy Strategist · Urban Data Storyteller
Public Health
Criminal Legal Reform
Immigrant Rights
Urban Policy
Louisiana
Local → Federal
Mission
"Equip organizations and leaders with clear strategies that amplify their impact, advance equity, and strengthen communities."
Tia Fields is a policy strategist, urban data storyteller, and community advocate with more than a decade of experience advancing equity, public health, and community-centered policy across Louisiana. She bridges the gap between institutional data systems and the neighborhood-level realities those systems rarely capture.
Her work spans cross-sector coalition building, legislative strategy, spatial analysis, and advocacy campaign design — producing analysis and narrative that influences policy at local, state, and federal levels while keeping community voice at the center of every deliverable.
Collaborative
Co-creating solutions alongside clients and the communities they serve — never over their heads.
Data-Driven
Strategies grounded in spatial analysis, research, and proven practice — community narrative as the frame.
Equity-Centered
Designed with accessibility, justice, and inclusion at the core — not added as an afterthought.
Published Work & Press
As seen in & on record.
"Policy work that doesn't circulate doesn't stick. These pieces represent the analytical and narrative threads I've pulled into public view — data, story, and community voice in equal measure."
GitHub
Jun 2026
Urban Data
"Louisiana Congressional Redistricting: Spatial & Demographic Data Brief"
An open-source interactive spatial analysis mapping regional demographic shifts and representational equity. Built to track shifting voting boundaries and geographical power consolidation across the state's changing congressional map.
Louisiana Illuminator
May 13, 2026
Featured Op-Ed
"Louisiana’s redistricting process again fails to see value in all of its people"
A sharp commentary reflecting on the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee's party-line vote on SB 121. Examines how the proposed 5-1 split dilutes voting representation and divides Southern communities.
Truthout
May 31, 2025
Policy Commentary
"Louisiana’s Immigration Bills Evoke Apartheid. We Cannot Remain Silent."
A deep exposure of the carceral mechanics behind Baton Rouge's legislative push to restrict immigrant rights. Focuses on how state bills deploy surveillance, local policing, and structural exclusion.
Louisiana Illuminator
May 3, 2026
Policy Analysis
"Chaos as procedure: Watch as Democracy erodes in Louisiana"
A critical look at the disruption of congressional primaries, the fallout of Louisiana v. Callais, and the structural fragmentation of East Baton Rouge's school system resources.
15+ published pieces · 2024–present · Louisiana & beyond
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