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Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

• Led analysis on the impact of weather on Sierra store sales using an applied regression analysis, including data collection, cleaning, and modeling
• Built & deployed a Random Forest time series model for Sierra sales, decreasing mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) from 4.3% to 2.7%. Managed model selection, optimization, feature engineering, and deployment.
• Applied difference-in-differences methodology to evaluate the causal impact of a store remodel on sales

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Analyzed data to determine heterogeneous treatment effects of various lending schemes in India on time usage based on education, caste, and landholding
• Conducted robustness checks for a regression discontinuity design study to determine the effect of having an Islamic mayor on infant mortality using education and age variables
• Automated web scraping to collect demographic data on mayoral candidates in Turkey

Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

• Designed a database of over 1000 companies and over 850 investors in the DisabilityTech market for ongoing research, automated data collection using the Crunchbase API
• Analyzed, visualized, interpreted, and reported patterns within market data using Python and statistical methods to make insights on market size, location, funding, and sectors as the Innovation Center’s first full.
• Coordinated all market research published by the Innovation Center, including collaboration with McKinsey on a cornerstone, market-defining whitepaper, Perkins’ first piece of research on the DisabilityTech market
• Built interactive and accessible web-based visualizations of geographic data, time-series analyses, and DisabilityTech products
• Implemented a comprehensive pacing framework for future published research

The University Of Maryland, College Park

• Responsible for teaching between 8 and 10 students each week
• Taught topics such as: Minecraft Modding with Java, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, Java Programming, and JavaScript Programming
• Oversaw final projects ranging from potion effect armor in Minecraft to using a convolutional neural network to upscale images
• Contributed to public repositories for iD Tech examples for Minecraft Modding students

• Reported experience data using Amplitude and Google Analytics for over 20,000 users to drive product-focused decisions, such as a global analysis of student retention at certain times
• Implemented Amplitude data tracking in codebase for tracking user interaction and log in statistics
• Communicated data driven product recommendations to executive leadership on a weekly basis

• Led research on CMS platforms for a company-wide content migration, collaborating directly with executive leadership and content teams
• Oversaw the organization and design of over 1000 new content pieces and content structures for 8 new subjects
• Performed SEO keyword research and organized processes for the eventual creation of over 1000 pieces of new content

• Created and managed a petition of nearly 13,000 signers across 98 countries and coordinated community efforts against changes made to the AP World History curriculum to cut content at the year 1450 CE.
• Responsible for communicating with press such as CNN, the Washington Post, and Politico in giving statements and being interviewed about the petition.
• Collaborated with educators and historians and met with CollegeBoard executives to discuss revisions made to the changes to split AP World History into 2 AP History courses.

• Founded and managed Fiveable's first student run podcast during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Managed a cast of 6 student hosts and oversaw scheduled weekly topics of conversation
• Participated as a lead host of the podcast

Assisted in developing Fiveable Courses for the Fall and Spring semesters of the 2020-2021 school year including scheduling and uploading office hours content and collaborating with other interns and TAs.

• Built reusable front-end React components such as tab menus and upcoming event cards for a Fiveable redesign. Also built the Fiveable search results page, slides page, content pages, and others for both desktop and.
• Assisted in site-wide migration to Next.js and took part in company-wide and team-wide meetings to build Fiveable features.
• Worked in an agile environment with daily standups and weekly sprint planning.

• Nov 2019 - Summer 2020:
• Managed over 100 content creators along with multiple editors to create study guides, trivia questions, and other content for Fiveable's platform.
• Handled content requests regarding the Fiveable Creator Lab and reviewed content.Summer 2020:
• Wrote articles and study guides for AP Seminar, AP Research, and AP Macroeconomics.
• Collaborated with a team of 20 other interns.

• Managed streaming and led the creation and organization of the Fiveable Wiki for students to gain resources on AP Exams.
• Worked closely with remote consultants in organizing Fiveable Summits and contributed live content to a platform of over 20,000 users.

• Wrote biweekly blog posts and articles on various topics to promote Fiveable and share information with students regarding student life and AP classes.
• Worked with a team of 9 other content creators and a head editor to coordinate feedback and publishing on the Fiveable blog.

• Supervised a team of 7 TA's in writing over 75 help articles for Fiveable customer support and student support.
• Worked with executives on major large-scale projects to organize company structure and intern structures.

Worked with a team of 20 other interns to create content for the Fiveable website and social media along with hosting live streams to upwards of 300 students to teach content and testing skills regarding the AP World History Exam.

• Assisted in running the CollegeBoard Youth Advisory Council along with 14 other leaders.
• Completed additional feedback initiatives such as surveying students along with already present Youth Advisor tasks.

Worked remotely with 100 other students from around the world to provide feedback and a student perspective on CollegeBoard policies and products and participated in biweekly discussions and frequent surveys on various student life topics and CollegeBoard products.

Tinton Falls, NJ

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, History And Economics, Minors In Data Science, Mathematics, Computational Social Science

Activities and Societies: President: West Coast Swing Club, Editor in Chief: Northeastern Historical Review, Contributor: EconPress.

Summer School, Data Science And Economic History

Took two courses: ME314: Introduction to Data Science and Machine Learning Data manipulation and visualisation; supervised and.

High School Diploma