Nicole Mark (she/her)

@nicoledesignsdata.com

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📊 data visualization engineer, 💊 healthcare analytics consultant, 🐶 dog mom, 🌱 vegan for the animals. https://nicolemark.social/m/links

Couple atop Empire State Building with flag that says “Vote for Jack Ordman”
Political Typology treemap from Pew Research
Screenshot of review of Neuro Gum on Amazon. Review states: Verified Purchase THE GUM OF LIMITLESS POTENTIAL Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2026 Color: Cinnamon | Size: 9 Count (Pack of 6) Listen to me. I don't know what kind of nootropic sorcery is in this spearmint-flavored magical gum, but I just chewed a piece and l am pretty sure I can see sound. 10:00 AM: Popped a piece. 10:02 AM: My brain fog vanished faster than my motivation on a Monday. 10:05 AM: I have organized my closet by color, fabric, and emotional significance. 10:10 AM: I'm currently building a supercomputer in my garage to calculate the precise angle needed to make my coffee taste perfect. I'm so focused I could do anything. I'm a genius now. I actually just taught my cat how to do taxes, and she's doing great. The caffeine and L-theanine combo is no joke-it's like pure, calculated, laser-focused productivity without the "I'm going to scream at a stop sign" jitters of traditional energy drinks. Warning: Use responsibly. I chewed two pieces in a row once and accidentally learned how to speak fluent Swedish while simultaneously upgrading my home Wi-Fi network.
Brown and white pit bull dog sitting on a bed
This image is a meme set in a congressional hearing room. It features Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leaning forward with an intense expression, gesturing toward Robert F. Kennedy Jr who is standing in front of her. Text in the upper right corner reads: “You said you'd end testing on animals! Free the Ridglan beagles now!!" At the bottom of the image, the URL **savethedogs.io** is displayed in black text on a bright yellow rectangular background.
Scatter plot titled "Do countries with more press freedom treat their animals better?" Flag icons represent 20 OECD-adjacent countries, positioned by animal welfare grade (B through E, left to right) on the x-axis and RSF press freedom score (0–100) on the y-axis. Countries with B grades — including the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, the UK, and Austria — cluster near the top with press freedom scores above 78. C-grade countries are more spread, with Germany and New Zealand near 80 but Italy at 68 and Mexico as a dramatic outlier at 45. D-grade countries range widely from Canada at 78 down to Turkey at 29, which sits alone near the bottom of the chart. Japan, the only E-grade country shown, scores 63 on press freedom. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient: 0.77. Sources: World Animal Protection Animal Protection Index; RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025.
Line chart showing dogs used in U.S. biomedical research from 1973 to 2024, on a dark background. The line starts at 194.9K in 1973, oscillates and peaks at 200.7K in the early 1980s, then falls steeply through the late 1980s and 1990s, plateaus near 60–70K in the 2000s and 2010s, and drops sharply in recent years to 42.9K in 2024. Source: USDA APHIS.
Voronoi scatterplot of 889 endangered U.S. animal species. Each dot is a species, positioned by number of human-caused threats (x-axis) and number of distinct threat categories (y-axis). Three colored Voronoi zones — amber for Vulnerable, red for Endangered, dark red for Critically Endangered — reveal that critically endangered species cluster toward the upper right, facing more threats across more categories. Data: IUCN Red List 2025.
Pictogram titled "2,000 Beagles at Ridglan Farms." A dense grid of 2,000 paw print icons represents every beagle held at Ridglan Farms, a commercial breeding facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. Each icon represents one dog. The first 8 icons are green, representing beagles successfully rescued by activists on March 15, 2026. The next 22 are amber, representing dogs seized back by the Dane County Sheriff's Office. The remaining 1,970 icons are dark red, representing beagles still inside the facility. A narrative subtitle explains that organizers plan to return on April 19, 2026 with 2,000 rescuers — one for every dog. Dark background with serif title typography.
Marimekko chart showing U.S. shelter dog intake types by region. Stray arrivals dominate at over 50% of all intakes, with the West contributing the most (246,843). Owner surrender is second. Data: Shelter Animals Count.
A brown dog with white markings sits on a bed covered in colorful blankets. There is soft lighting in the background, creating a cozy atmosphere.
My dog Potato, a brown and white pit bull, laying on multiple pillows and blankets.
Screenshot of Martha Raddatz Wikipedia page
Professional profile screenshot showing Nicole Mark (she/her), an information designer, storyteller, and engineer. The profile includes a circular headshot of a woman with blonde hair and glasses against a red header background. Her location is listed as Palestine, State of. The profile contains a note asking people not to click "Hire Me" if they disagree with her political positions, followed by hashtags supporting Palestine, abolishing ICE, trans rights, and abortion access. Below this are her professional credentials including being a 3x Viz of the Day winner, Tableau Certified Desktop Specialist, Dataiku Certified Core Designer, and Founder of Women in Dataviz. 
Screenshot with Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s DMX Tour setlist overlaid atop a photo of Dot during his Super Bowl performance.
Line chart showing the median hourly wage for registered nurses in the U.S. from 1998-2023, with a forecast through 2028.
Line chart showing Tesla stock value from January 20 to April 16, 2025. The graph displays a clear downward trend starting from approximately $425 per share at Trump's inauguration on January 20, declining to about $250 by mid-April, representing a roughly 40% decrease in value. The stock experienced several fluctuations throughout this period, with temporary recoveries in mid-February, late March, and early April, but the overall trajectory remains downward.
The image is a line chart showing the trend of average annual salaries for different web3 job roles across three time periods: 2023 H2, 2024 H1, and 2024 H2. For the most recent period, only smart contract developers' salaries increased.
Brown and white pit bull dog looking back over his shoulder at the camera.
Screenshot of my response to a survey question from Amazon Prime Video regarding why I canceled. I answered, "I will not spend one more penny with any business that supports Donald Trump's actions to dismantle our federal government to benefit the wealthy (here's looking at you, Bezos--you're a coward.)
Arrow plot showing the estimated impact of the budget bill passed by House Republicans on 2/25/25. $880 billion will almost certainly gut the Medicaid health insurance program.
Photo of woman who plays Ms. Casey on the tv show Severance.
Photo of Apple Maps with the Gulf of Mexico correctly labeled “Gulf of Mexico”
Screenshot of CDC website for NAMCS Research Tools with an alert at the top saying the site is being modified to comply with Donald Trump's illegal orders.
Brown and white pit bull dog laying on a bed with a white comforter.
Three rows of line charts, each showing the global investment in a renewable energy technology in billions of U.S. dollars.
Screenshot of an email from Mastodon, indicating that a news story about President Biden canceling student debt needs a content warning.