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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Built machine learning models to identify instances of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and other pandemic relief programs- Developed and maintained a risk-scoring model that identifies financial institutions that may have systematically performed poor due diligence when processing PPP loans- Led an entity resolution project that leverages PySpark to link 40 million pandemic loan applicants to 102 million business registrations scraped from Secretary of States’ websites- Liaised with the PRAC's Outreach & Engagement team to translate technical insights into plain language

- Provided teaching support for Machine Learning (PPHA 30545) and Machine Learning for Public Policy (CAPP 30254)- Prepared instructional material and led a weekly 50-minute discussion session- Hosted weekly office hours and managed the course discussion board- Assisted with assignment development and graded problem sets, exams, and projects

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Built and validated machine learning models to produce fair and accurate property tax assessments for 1.8 million properties in the Chicago area- Wrote R code to implement a step-wise hyperparameter tuner that reduced the runtime of LightGBM cross validation by more than 50%- Engineered features that improved the accuracy and fairness of CCAO’s condominium valuation model- Brainstormed and implemented model improvements that increased the accuracy of condo valuation- Effectively communicated technical findings via CCAO's public-facing GitLab repository

- Headed a team of four TAs to support UChicago's Pathways in Economics program; led a weekly TA meeting to coordinate lesson plans, grading, and other responsibilities- Prepared instructional material and hosted a daily 90-minute student discussion session- Graded problem sets, projects, and exams and provided meaningful and timely feedback

- Provided teaching support for International Monetary Systems (ECON 17110) and Introduction to Money and Banking (ECON 13000)- Prepared instructional material and led a weekly 50-minute discussion session- Hosted weekly office hours and responded promptly and professionally to student inquiries- Graded problem sets, in-class assignments, and quizzes and provided helpful and timely feedback

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Wrote code in R, Stata, and MATLAB for data cleaning, model estimation, and data visualization- Built R shiny apps to visualize trends in monetary policy- Used GitHub as version control; pulled and wrangled SQL data- Collaborated with staff economists on three policy-relevant research projects- Supported a team of analysts and economists to produce policy materials, including portions of the Tealbook- Briefed senior staff on issues pertinent to monetary policy and the strategic framework review- Mentored and created training materials for two incoming research assistants- Lectured on hypothesis testing and served as a teaching assistant for Data Analysis and Financial Literacy in R (ECON 181) at Howard University

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Identified parallels between current federal policy proposals and CED's research portfolio- Drafted and edited articles, op-eds, press releases, and publications featuring insights from CED's research reports- Improved user-friendliness of CED’s public website

Cleveland, Oh

- Served as the first point of contact for constituents seeking help with federal agencies- Conducted internet research ahead of outreach events- Trained incoming interns and performed administrative duties

Tampa, Fl

- Answered phones in a professional manner and routed constituent requests to the appropriate staffer- Identified news stories relevant to the federal legislative agenda and/or the Congresswoman's district- Facilitated constituent meetings and district events

Tampa, Fl

- Wrote a 30-page paper on the relationship between international environmental agreements and the U.S. presidency- Collaborated with a professor on a book project focusing on treaties and other international agreements

Arusha, Tanzania

- Taught math and English- Managed a classroom of 35 grade school students

Master Of Science - Ms In Computational Analysis And Public Policy

Activities and Societies: New Americans UChicago, Harris Community Action

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba In Economics And Political Science

Activities and Societies: New Americans UChicago, Women in Public Service Program, AppUP College Mentoring Program, UChicago Students.