Cara Thompson

Cara is a data visualization consultant with an academic background, specializing in helping research teams and data-driven organizations turn their data insights into clear and compelling visualizations. She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her husband and two young daughters, and enjoys coming up with creative solutions within constraints.

I'm a data science educator and community builder who wants to help you cultivate a community of practice for yourself. I talk a lot about the benefits of making genuine human connections, the power of vulnerability, and why we all benefit when we show up as our whole selves. I'm also the host of the Data Humans podcast where my motto is: data science is not one thing.

I love connecting people across the data science community to share what they're accomplishing with data and help others do the same through community discussions, industry meetups, and more.