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Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas, United States

Contributed to the Texas Space Commission's workforce development efforts by providing data-driven policy recommendations, advocating for increased collaboration between State and Federal agencies to improve space-related data accessibility and sharing.Recently assumed responsibility for managing academic partnerships. Proactively initiated the creation of a partner portfolio to streamline relationship management and strategic planning.Spearheaded data-driven policy analysis to inform strategic decision-making and improve Texas' education landscape.Built and maintained interactive Tableau dashboards, effectively communicating complex policy issues and empowering stakeholders with data-driven insights.Conducted in-depth data analysis and modeling to identify trends and opportunities in Texas education policy, empowering data-driven decisions and advocacy efforts.Partnered with cross-functional teams to provide data-driven insights and contribute to evidence-based policy recommendations.Implemented robust data quality assurance processes, ensuring the reliability and validity of data used for policy analysis and reporting.Streamlined data operations by overseeing vendor relationships, managing data library reviews, and implementing an automated file management system.Built a scenario planner simulating variations in financial formulas, impacting institution-level funding and informing policy recommendations.Utilized a K-means clustering algorithm to analyze the effect of a 4-day work week, comparing institutions to peers with similar profiles.Ensured data security and compliance by accessing and lawfully handling confidential individual-level data.

Texas

Managed various data projects using proven analytical capabilities in data mining, analysis, and presenting insights using Stata as the default statistical package.Utilized causal inference techniques to study the effect of access to health insurance on crime.Applied two-stage least squares regression analysis to study the effect of schooling decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic on academic performance and enrollment.Designed strict security protocols for storage and analysis of restricted data, in accordance with Data Use Agreements and Institutional Review Board regulations.Created and published automated and interactive dashboards, maps, and other visualization modes using Tableau.Performed trend analysis describing business activity in the nation, state, and metropolitan areas. These analyses followed set guidelines and deadlines and included the discussion of time series research, forecasts, and trend analysis using economic indicators of varied frequencies.As lead data manager, developed, debugged, and optimized Stata programs for data collection, cleaning, reformatting, analysis, and management.Conducted quantitative data analysis on income and migration data, focusing on geographic movements of households to inform a diverse audience.Built and maintained large cross-sectional and panel data sets from multiple sources in the topics of state policy, education, prisoners, health care, immigration, income, and trade.Headed collection and quantitative analysis of Covid-19 Business Impact Survey in College Station-Bryan and shared key findings to regional business owners, policy leaders, and general public.Established and co-authored a Pandemic Misery Index study to assess economic and public health performance in the handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic.Acted as a resource for colleagues with less experience by mentoring student workers on coding, Stata, Excel, data sourcing, and statistical research methods.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Achieved a 100% passing rate on proficiency scores among Bush School students with Spanish as a second language.As a native Spanish speaker, I led conversations, lectured, and promoted discussions that enhanced and developed the syntax, vocabulary and professional use of Spanish among graduate level students.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Studied the transfer pricing aspect of the EU Commission’s decision challenging the Advanced Pricing Agreement between the Netherlands Tax Authority and a large coffee roaster.Analyzed the application of the Transactional Net Margin Method to the Starbucks’ roasting operation in Europe, focusing on econometric analysis of company financials using Orbis data by Bureau van Dijk.Co-authored “The Value Chain: A Study of the Coffee Industry” a chapter in A Practical Guide to US Transfer Pricing. (with William Byrnes and Nima Khodakarami)

Mcallen, Texas Area

Assisted faculty in the creation and translation of research instruments as well as in the collection of data, compilation and explanation of results.Data management and analysis utilizing SPSS and Qualtrics.Took initiative and created a cloud based solution for document sharing, effectively saving materials and time during data collection.Conducted research in the form of quantitative data analysis, focus groups, interviews, phone surveys and database building.

Guided study sessions for students in Macroeconomics and Microeconomics principles courses.Developed and enhanced leadership, communication and teambuilding skills by engaging students in collaborative learning techniques.Utilized online software to communicate and distribute materials with students.

Working Partnerships Usa, San Jose Ca

Economic Analysis and Research Network Summer Internship ProgramCollected and analyzed a selection of economic indicators for the Life in the Valley Economy biannual report.Conducted comparative research on self-employment and living standards in the Silicon Valley.Utilized DataFerrett to retrieve Census Bureau data, Gretl to analyze and created reports though MS Word and Excel.Community engagement through active outreach and event organizing (focus groups, leafleting, conferences and workshops).

Rio Bravo Tamaulipas Mexico

C-T PAT board member (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)Customer Service, assisted with conduction of work orders.Maintained logistic inventory and captured traffic utilizing a Traffic Control System for Transportation and Logistics (SICET) Developed, reviewed and translated Import-Export Procedures.

Professional Certificate, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning

Master’S Degree, International Development And Economic Policy

Activities and Societies: Transfer Pricing Aggies Bush School LatinosMultinational Enterprises International Economics and Trade.

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics

Activities and Societies: The Economics Society at UTPA, Phi Sigma Alpha SGA