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Data scientist, cartographer, designer

I’m a Northern Virginia native, currently living in Reston. I graduated from the University of Chicago in 2019 with a B.S. in statistics.

As a geography and data nerd, I make maps in my free time, inspired by the world around me – whatever happens to be on my mind. Every now and then a map of mine becomes popular and gets publicity. Those interested can see my work or get in touch through this website.

I’ve also written a few Quora answers, some of them quite in-depth. I made this site to consolidate my maps, answers, and other creative output.

Let’s get to work

I’m available for hire as a freelancer. If you need to …

• Make a map
• Make an interactive data visualization
• Process some big spatial data
• Measure something that’s hard to measure

… then I’d like to hear from you.

How to reach me:

• Email – sasha@sashamaps.net
• Phone – (703) 888-8103
• Twitter – @sasha_trub
• Find me on WhatsApp

Published

• “Assessing the Value of Market Access from Belt and Road Projects (English)” (2019) co-authored with Tristan Reed, World Bank Working Papers. Link to paper. Replication code on GitHub.
• “O Voto do Brasileiro”, (2018) prod. maps, book written by Alberto Carlos Almeida.
• “Ciudades Fronterizas EUA-México” [US-Mexico Border Cities] (2018), Revista de la Universidad de México No. 838/839.
• “Roman Roads of Britain” (2017), British Archaeology No. 156.
• “Viae Romanae Maiores” [Major Roman Roads] (2017), under “Tous les chemins partent de Rome”, Courrier International No. 1393.
• “The Urban Pileup Effect of NAFTA” (2017), Texas Monthly 45(5). Link to map and article.
• “America’s GDP, Split” (2015), The Best American Infographics 2015, ed. Gareth Cook.

Other features and mentions

• Mar 2019 — Open Culture, “The Roman Roads of Spain & Portugal Visualized as a Subway Map: Ancient History Meets Modern Graphic Design”
• Aug 2018 — Traveler España, “Este es el mapa de las principales calzadas romanas de Europa”
• Aug 2018 — My Modern Met, “Ancient Roman Roads in Italy Transformed Into Modern Subway Map”
• Jan 2018 — UChicago Magazine, “Maps and legends”
• Aug 2017 — The Guardian, “Bored of London-centric Britain? Blame the Romans and their roads”
• Aug 2017 — Business Insider, “The Roman Empire’s roads in transit map form”
• Jul 2017 — Daily Mail, “Britain’s 2,000-year-old network of ‘lost’ Roman roads and settlements is reinvented in an underground map”
• Jul 2017 — Atlas Obscura, “A Very Modern Map of Britain’s Ancient Roman Roads”
• Jun 2017 — Mental Floss, “Designer Reimagines the Roads of the Roman Empire as a Subway Map”
• Jun 2017 — Open Culture, “Ancient Rome’s System of Roads Visualized in the Style of Modern Subway Maps”
• Jun 2017 — Colossal, “The Roman Empire’s 250,000 Miles of Roadways Imagined as a Subway Transit Map”
• Jun 2017 — Vice, “The Roads of the Roman Empire as a Subway Map”
• Jun 2017 — Reader’s Digest, “The Romans Built Over 250,000 Miles of Roads. It Looks Insane as a Modern Day Subway Map.”
• Jun 2017 — Gizmodo, “What The Roads Of Ancient Rome Would Look Like As A Modern Transit Map”
• Jun 2017 — Big Think, “A Tube-style Map of Roman Roads”
• Jun 2017 — Popular Mechanics, “This Map Reimagines the Roman Empire With Subways”
• Jun 2017 — Designboom, “Statistics student turns the roman empire’s ancient roads into a subway map”
• Jun 2017 — Inverse, This 20-Year-Old Designs Some of the Internet’s Best Maps
• Jun 2017 — Citylab, “A Fantasy Subway Map of Ancient Roman Roads”
• Dec 2016 — Citylab, “America’s Love of Sprawl Starts Right at the Border”
• Feb 2016 — Citylab, “A Judgmental ‘Urban Dictionary’ Map of San Francisco”
• Feb 2015 — Vox, “Map: How much snow it takes to cancel school in each state”
• Oct 2014 — Huffington Post Canada, “If Canada Had 36 Provinces, It Might Look Like This”
• Feb 2014 — Pew Research Center, “Chart of the Week: How metro areas drive the U.S. economy”
• Feb 2014 — Washington Post, “Map: The most popular languages (other than the obvious English and Spanish)”
• Feb 2014 — Washington Post, “The case for big cities, in one map”
• Feb 2014 — Business Insider, “MAP: These 7 Tiny Orange Splotches Are Responsible For A Quarter Of US GDP”
• Jan 2014 — The Atlantic, “Map: ‘How Much Snow It Typically Takes to Cancel School in the U.S.’”