ngọc (she/her) is a design researcher and community organizer from Southeast Asia whose work addresses and reforms asymmetrical power relations through the lenses of decoloniality and decentralization. For the past 8 years, she has worked at the intersection of community organizing, design research, and public-interest technology — bringing a decolonial lens to how digital systems and communities are built. Outside of work, she can be found on long-distance trails, practicing kendo, or working with clay.