Gravesend, Brooklyn — Community & civic researcher · Environmental data · Musician
Victoria Vasilyeva
I'm Victoria — Vika to my people. I study how neighborhoods actually work: who's counted, who's left out, and what the data says once you go outside and ask. I've also been playing piano and guitar for as long as I can remember, and that shapes how I work.
Open to internships, research, arts & civic collaborations
“Not everything is meant to end in resolution — leave space for questioning.”
- Who
- High school student, Gravesend, Brooklyn
- Tracks
- Community & Civic (primary) · Environment & Data
- Plays
- Piano and guitar
- Summer word
- Interactive
The work, explained simply
Two projects tell you most of what you need to know. No background required.
SideQuest — my own project
Visioning Sustainable Futures
An open-call art competition I hosted at Brooklyn Level Up's Community Report Back, inviting NYC youth to submit work responding to three themes — Cultivate, Collective, Resilience — with community voting, prizes, and a chance to be installed in BKLVLUP's Community Resilience Hub. Space for young artists who usually get left out. Most of the work was outreach: emailing artists, schools and organizers until the submissions came in.
- 3 themes
- Cultivate · Collective · Resilience
- 15K
- Followers reached through shared posts
- 1st–3rd
- Prizes, plus Resilience Hub installation
Group project
Community Street Interview Framework
Co-led with Jay and Carlisha. I helped write the questions residents in The Flats were actually asked — and filmed the group's closing video. Three takes; the audio didn't record the first time, so I offered to do it again.
See how it worksA bit about me
I'm Victoria — Vika to my people. Gravesend, Brooklyn. Piano first, then guitar. I came to EcoPower '26 because I wanted to actually do something, not just learn about doing something.
Full profileWhat I actually do
Community & Civic Research
I design questions and talk to residents directly, then turn what they say into something a decision-maker can act on.
Street interviews, listening, synthesis
Environmental Data
I look at maps, soil tests and flood patterns to see which blocks carry the most risk — and who's alone in it.
GIS literacy, soil & flood research
Art as Civic Practice
I use art and music to bring people into conversations about sustainability that they'd otherwise skip.
Curation, outreach, visual communication
Want to work together?
I'm looking for civic research, environmental and arts opportunities — and I answer my email. The fastest way to reach me is the Connect page.