Taha Ebrahimi

Taha Ebrahimi is the Director of Tableau Public at Tableau Software, a role that combines her expertise in data visualization with her passion for storytelling and community engagement.13 Her professional journey is marked by a diverse background that includes journalism, teaching, and marketing before her current position at Tableau.1

Career and Accomplishments

Taha is an award-winning communications and digital media leader who has helped global organizations leverage data visualization.3 Her role at Tableau Public involves overseeing a platform that allows users to create and share interactive data visualizations.

Notable Projects

Street Trees of Seattle:

Taha is the author and illustrator of "Street Trees of Seattle: An Illustrated Walking Guide," published in 2024.12 This book emerged from a pandemic hobby that combined her interests in data, nature, and hand-drawn visualizations. The project involved:

• Creating hand-drawn neighborhood "tree maps"
• Validating and updating city data on street trees
• Combining data visualization with storytelling and historical context

Data Visualization Work:

Taha has created several public data visualizations on Tableau Public, including:

• Street Trees of Seattle
• Seattle Majestic Trees
• Right-of-Way Trees - Seattle 2022
• Heritage Trees of Seattle4

Other Roles and Interests

• Member of the council for Historic Seattle
• Board member (specific organization not mentioned)6
• Artist-in-residence at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, where she created hand-drawn maps and visualizations5

Taha's work exemplifies the intersection of technology, data, and creativity. Her approach to data visualization emphasizes the importance of context, storytelling, and interdisciplinary thinking in making data more accessible and impactful.2