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New York, NY, US

• Analyzing debt collection lawsuit cases data in R to examine occurrences and frequency of creditors misspelling their own name and the impact(s) on delaying the process of legal proceedings
• Generating Master's thesis with functions and visualizations produced by R packages ggplot2 and plotly to support corresponding technical findings

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Developed sentiment analysis utilizing Python's Textblob & Vader of employee feedback text submissions to derive emotional tone and compared branch satisfaction within Wells Fargo's national branch network
• Created and presented final deliverable to upper management of data analytics & technology branches, and next steps with corresponding code to increase business value (code will be used by incoming full-time ADAP.
• Shadowed and supported the Causal Inference team's applications and techniques

• Generated empirical data analysis research via STATA, SQL, and R with the UC-CCP dataset (a longitudinal panel of anonymized credit records for all of California and 2% of the nation) to compare rates of delinquencies.
• Conducted data analysis directed by and in consultation with the SLLI research team
• Structured easily interpretable findings and visualizations to support publications in academic journals, reports, and policy analysis to inform a diverse audience including academics, the press, policy-makers, and the.

• Utilized Python and SQL to design and conduct an independent research project on the UC-CCP dataset (over 40 million entries) to examine generational wealth and improve statewide policymaking on increasing financial.
• Performed regression analysis and developed statistical models to find correlations between a parent’s higher education, credit limits/scores, and homeownership status to their child’s likelihood of incurring student.
• Operated on sensitive survey data with strict confidentiality protocols including VPN setup and VM connections

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Provided academic counseling and course guidance for hundreds of data science, statistics, and mathematics majors
• Developed over 100 unique course plans custom to students’ majors and academic interests
• Led students to various data science and statistics opportunities to further their analytical skills

• Developed an Excel recordkeeping tool to track quantities of monthly food donations to recovery organizations
• Collaborated with 5 UCSB colleagues to further data tracking listed on State Bill 1383 and created a final deliverable

• Led group of 4 UCSB colleagues to analyze over 17,700 entries of beach debris cleanup data to identify impacts of natural disasters, holidays, seasons, and other elements (presented final deliverable and data analysis.
• Defined project scope, set deadlines, assigned responsibilities, and maintained constant client communication
• Collaborated with Heal the Bay’s IT team to explore OCR/OMR methods to seamlessly translate written data cards

• Created grant application templates and utilized them to apply to over 50 applications and opportunities in partnerships
• Assisted co-founders to form sponsorships with Salesforce’s marketing team and Grameen Intel’s agricultural tech team
• Designed 3 ad campaigns on Instagram/Facebook with Photoshop, yielding in a 35% increase in the click-through rate

• Collaborated with 4 UCSB colleagues to analyze over 4100 orders and donor contributions to derive significant trends
• Compiled analytics in Excel to generate corresponding business recommendations on retaining and increasing donors
• Created a comprehensive final deliverable with visualizations of donor growth rate, retention rate, giving capacity, etc.

Santa Cruz, California, United States

• Conducted fluorometry of 200 samples to analyze chlorophyll-A fluctuations and used ImageJ and Excel to observe reproductive behavior of mosquitofish and the statistical impact it has on rates physical growth
• Created a comprehensive final project and presentation with 3 different graphics depicting Chlorophyll and Zooplankton levels

• Wrote a 15 page research paper with the support and guidance from Dr. Jagmeet Kanwal on the effects of CTE

Master'S Degree, Applied Statistics And Data Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Financial Mathematics And Statistics