Data Storytelling

Data Visualization

AI-Enhanced Design

Interactive Visualization

Strategic Communication

Template & Presentation Design

Center for Improving Youth Justice Data Visualization

The data on how America treats incarcerated kids exists. Help make sure no one can look away. Portfolio guaranteed.

6 weeks

Live Sessions Start

June 22, 2026

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Somewhere in America right now, a Black teenager is spending longer in solitary confinement than a white kid who did the same thing. A facility is overcrowded past capacity. A youth who never got a home visit is heading back to the same circumstances that landed them there.

CIYJ has the data to prove it — 20+ years of surveys, incident reports, and outcome measures from juvenile facilities across the country — and they need people who can turn that evidence into something decision-makers can’t ignore.

In this externship, students use Flourish and Canva to transform that research into dynamic, public-facing visuals built for the audiences who actually hold power: state legislators, facility directors, and funders. The work lands directly in CIYJ’s advocacy publications and policy presentations — not a portfolio piece that sits in a drawer, but something that could genuinely move the needle on how this country treats incarcerated kids.

Project Output

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Design and deliver professional data visualizations using Flourish and Canva Magic Studio that translate CIYJ’s juvenile justice research into advocacy-ready materials. Your work will be used directly in CIYJ’s policy presentations and publications to influence state legislators, facility directors, and funders.

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Join this 6-week Externship with the Center for Improving Youth Justice to turn real juvenile justice data into powerful visuals that drive policy change!

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Skills You'll Gain

Data Storytelling:

Turning raw data into meaningful, actionable narratives.

Flourish Integration:

Building interactive dashboards and dynamic visuals.

AI-Powered Design:

Using Canva’s Magic Studio and other AI tools to accelerate creativity.

Business Communication:

Designing templates for enterprise, nonprofit, and education audiences.

Design Thinking:

Crafting user-centered solutions for real-world challenges.

Template Architecture:

Creating reusable templates for global teams and organizations.

Your Schedule

6 weeks

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Meet Your Host

Brendan Donahue

Data and Technology Director

Brendan Donahue is the Data and Technology Director at the Center for Improving Youth Justice, where he leads digital innovation to advance juvenile justice reform. Since joining CIYJ in 2006, Brendan has served as the project manager for new initiatives supporting the Performance-based Standards program for juvenile residential facilities.

He has designed and deployed interactive survey kiosks that collect real-time feedback from youth, staff, and families, and led the development of a web application providing researchers and universities with access to one of the most comprehensive datasets on juvenile justice facilities in the country. Most recently, he developed the Reentry Roadmap mobile app to support young people transitioning back into their communities.

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Join this 6-week Externship with the Center for Improving Youth Justice to turn real juvenile justice data into powerful visuals that drive policy change!

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