CHANDRA DONELSON IS MAKING DATA COOL – ONE CARNIVAL AT A TIME

When Chandra Donelson’s son mistook “data” for a tree, she didn’t laugh. She paused, and then she pivoted. It was a fair day in every sense of the word. Donelson and her young son William were at a local carnival, walking between food stands and rides, enjoying a moment of relief in what had been a long creative struggle. Months earlier, Donelson had abandoned her passion project – a children’s book about data after what felt like her hundredth rewrite failed to pass the most important test: understanding.