Doin’ IT for the Kids

As a part of a six-month sabbatical while at Deloitte Consulting, I volunteered at various non-profit organizations across the western US that supported low-income families and children. Projects ranged from skills-based volunteering where organizations leveraged my background in IT and public policy, to to warehouse support, to working construction on low-income housing. Overall I worked a total of 557 hours in six months, supporting five organizations in five different cities, while traveling over 12,000 miles on my Harley Davidson motorcycle to move from place to place.

While on my trip, I got the chance to share my story with The Seattle Times, HOG (Harley Owners Group) Magazine, the Treehouse Organization, and the Sound Rider Podcast. Additionally, the work I did with the SF-Marin Food Bank led to a white paper published by the organization to advocate for improving data systems used by their health and human services programs.

I recorded my travels through a blog entitled Doin’ IT for the Kids: Letters from the Road. The blog was a collection of letters written to family and friends regarding my experiences, of which some featured articles can be found below. The blog in its entirety can be found through the link here.