Rylee Hale
She / Her
Favorite Typeface: Avenir
Favorite Software: Illustrator
Dream Job: Editorial Designer
Rylee Hale is a graphic designer from Colorado focused on systematic and high-concept design. She completed some courses in Graphic Design through high school before continuing her education at Arizona State University, where she is completing a B.S. in Graphic Design. Her passions are systematic and experimental layout design informed by research. Rylee has worked with ASU Family and New Student experience to create designs in both print and digital formats. She created the Family Weekend campaigns for 2025 and 2026 which were produced for all four ASU campuses. She has worked hard to create effective multidisciplinary designs and is looking forward to continuing to learn and grow post graduation.
Racial Sentencing Gap: Un-Redacted
Crime
Since the 1970s, the U.S. prison population has grown dramatically, disproportionately affecting communities of color. Persistent over policing and systemic inequities have contributed to the over-representation of Black and Brown individuals behind bars. Most notably, the racial sentencing gap reveals that people of color, particularly Black Americans, often receive harsher sentences than white individuals convicted of the same crimes. If justice is meant to be blind, why do outcomes so clearly reflect race?
