Serves as a member of the Conservation Crew on projects that maintain the parks in the Arizona region.

The Pathfinder Center is dedicated to improving education to serve the needs of students wanting to become future change agents for society. Lead research initiative to investigate factors underlying student interest, motivation, and continued engagement by organizing a team of researchers to collect student interviews. Performed preliminary qualitative analysis of transcribed data using tidytext’s LDA function, showing that the interviews reflected current theories on motivation and… Show more The Pathfinder Center is dedicated to improving education to serve the needs of students wanting to become future change agents for society. Lead research initiative to investigate factors underlying student interest, motivation, and continued engagement by organizing a team of researchers to collect student interviews. Performed preliminary qualitative analysis of transcribed data using tidytext’s LDA function, showing that the interviews reflected current theories on motivation and the sociology of campuses.  Synthesized data and background research into a final thesis. Show less

 Used R to perform t-tests of student, parent, and alumni survey results to uncover differences between participant perception of ASU. Created data visualizations from results using Tableau and ggplot2, which were used for decision-making by the marketing department. Designed and presented a training program for the use of R’s dplyr and piping functions, which successfully taught new hires a useful method of streamlining their scripts in R.

The mission of SAIL (Social Addictions Impulse Lab) is to understand the etiology (root causes) of alcohol use disorders in emerging adulthood. Responsible for collection, cleaning, and analysis of data from survey research.

The Varnum Cultural Neuroscience lab studies cross-cultural differences in cognition through EEG data. Conducted approved experiments, recorded relevant data, and maintained the lab.

Instructor and Coach for traditional Japanese martial arts. Currently a first degree black belt in Wado Ryu Karate. International Competitor at the WKF US Open.