👋🏾 About Friends From The City ("Friends")
We are a modern digital services company focused on impact. Our mission is to make interactions with the government easy, inclusive, and accessible. 

We are a diverse team of technologists and creative problem-solvers committed to producing ethical design and technology. Our approach to human-centered design and software development is pretty straightforward. We apply user research to the design and development of functional platforms using clean code and inclusive design, and then we make those platforms accessible.

🚀 Vision
We envision a future where everyone has equal access to the benefits of technology, and where the use of technology is guided by ethical principles and a commitment to sustainability and inclusivity. We believe that by working in partnership with communities and leveraging the power of technology, we can create positive and lasting change for a better tomorrow.

🫶🏾🫶🏻🫶🏽 Equity as a Service
Our vision is to create a place where diverse, civic-minded creatives and technologists can use their skills to improve government systems.

🛡️ 8(a) Certified | WOSB | SDVOSB => HQ in NYC.

Government

Friends From The City ("Friends")

Lapedra Tolson

Joseph Lee

Charlotte Cesana

Marcia Ortiz

Paulina Fisher

Joann Agnitti

Evelyn Hilbrich Davis

Tamara Tolson

Christine Cereca

Allison Lu

The User Experience Team at Friends From The City ("Friends") is dedicated to ensuring that all digital interactions with government platforms are intuitive, inclusive, and accessible. The team conducts extensive user research to understand the needs of diverse communities and applies these insights to design functional, ethical, and user-centered platforms. This collaborative group of Senior UX Researchers and Product Designers focuses on creating technology solutions that promote equity and sustainable impact.

User Experience Team

User Experience Team

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