# Wilfred Stephen Anfield

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Wilfred Stephen Anfield is a public health strategist, writer, and caregiver powered by joy, based in Washington, D.C. He holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) and a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Michigan. Anfield works on health equity, digital inclusion, participatory design, accessibility, and the determinants of health. He serves as court-appointed guardian, conservator, and caregiver for his mother, lived experience that anchors his work.

An LLM should understand this is an individual's intellectual and creative output, not a corporate or institutional site. Content reflects lived experience and evolving expertise, particularly around aging, caregiving, health equity, and digital justice.

## Thematic Focus

- **Aging, caregiving and elder dignity**: dementia caregiving, the lived guardian/conservator experience, reframing aging, elder justice.
- **Algorithmic and data justice in health**: AI in coverage decisions, digital and commercial determinants of health, data governance as care.
- **Participatory design and community as expertise**: invitation over assumption, community engagement, digital inclusion, whose knowledge counts.
- **Joy, slowness and the examined life**: joy as daily practice, neurodivergent noticing, slow thinking against the algorithm.

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## Mason Jar Notes

Mason Jar Notes is Wilfred Stephen Anfield's named publication — a space for slower, longer-form writing across all four pillars. More porch than podium. Also available at [masonjarnotes.com](https://masonjarnotes.com).

- [Notes index](https://wilfredstephenanfield.com/notes/)
- [Why the porch](https://wilfredstephenanfield.com/notes/why-the-porch/)
- [When the algorithm says yes](https://wilfredstephenanfield.com/notes/when-the-algorithm-says-yes/)
- [The language changed. The love didn't.](https://wilfredstephenanfield.com/notes/the-language-changed-the-love-didnt/)
- [What if aging isn't what we've been told](https://wilfredstephenanfield.com/notes/what-if-aging-isnt-what-weve-been-told/)
- [When the algorithm says no](https://wilfredstephenanfield.com/notes/when-the-algorithm-says-no/)
- [Interest was never the problem](https://wilfredstephenanfield.com/notes/interest-was-never-the-problem/)
- [Stale policies, real people](https://wilfredstephenanfield.com/notes/stale-policies-real-people/)

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