Ushashi Podder is an IT Automation and Monitoring Engineer in the Geographic and Data Engineering division at the New York City Department of City Planning, where they build and maintain geospatial data infrastructure. This research began during their studies at the University of Maryland, applying spatial accessibility methods to healthcare equity. Their work bridges spatial analysis and data engineering, with a focus on open-source geospatial methods and reproducible pipelines that make accessibility analysis approachable for anyone, from public agencies and private firms to community groups and independent researchers.