Data Science × Storytelling
Turning data into stories people feel.
I'm Ryan — data scientist and data designer based in Manila. I build interactive visualizations and scrollytelling experiences that make complex data legible and memorable.
D3.js · GeoJSON · 2024
Ring of Fire
Philippines Earthquakes
A seismic portrait of the Philippines — 18,000 tremors mapped, sorted, and brought to life.
Read story →Svelte · D3.js · 2023
Plastic Oceans
Philippines
How a sachet economy made one nation responsible for a third of the world's ocean plastic.
Read story →Projects
Work that
earns its keep.
01/Ring of Fire
An interactive canvas-based scrollytelling story mapping 18,139 Philippine earthquakes from 2024 — animated through five data views.
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02/Plastic Oceans
A static infographic using non-traditional visualization to show why the Philippines is responsible for a third of all ocean plastic.
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03/Fragile Paradises
A competition entry exploring how tourism and population pressure are driving a waste crisis across the Pacific Islands.
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Writing
From the
notebook.
Data Science · Jun 2024
The Most Important Skill in Data Science, I Think
A hot take on the single most valuable skill — and why it's not the one everyone talks about.
Book Review · Apr 2023
Children of Time
Sci-fi through the eyes of an evolving spider civilization. Alien, brilliant, and unlike anything else.
Book Review · Jun 2023
Red Rising — the trilogy
Starts YA, ends as sophisticated political sci-fi. The payoff in books 2 and 3 is spectacular.
Infographic · Feb 2023
Plastic Ocean Infographics
The design process behind a first infographic that reached the top of r/dataisbeautiful.
About
Based in Manila.
Building with data.
I'm Ryan Liwag — a data scientist and data designer based in Manila, Philippines. I combine analytical thinking with visual storytelling: machine learning, dashboards, interactive explainers, and scrollytelling pieces that turn raw data into something people can actually feel.
This site is my portfolio and creative sandbox — built from scratch with Svelte, designed to reflect the same principles I bring to my work: clarity, structure, and a bit of personality.
More about me →What I do
- Interactive data storytelling
- Scrollytelling & web experiences
- Custom dashboards & reports
- Infographics & visual explainers
- Data-to-web development
- Training & workshops