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• Co-founded nonprofit dedicated to providing data science and GIS services to mission-driven organizations with limited technical capacity.• Formulated business model and organizational structure while adapting to input from team members and mentors.• Organized, attended, and followed up after meetings with partner organizations, mentors, and team members.• Recruited, interviewed, hired, and onboarded new team members.

• Conducted quantitative data analysis related to social and spatial inequalities as part of community-based research on eviction crisis.• Collected, analyzed, summarized, and presented data on Virginia’s eviction crisis using Stata and ArcGIS.

Mobile Microinsurance Uptake in Kenya (January 2020 - May 2020)• Assisted with designing a randomized control trial to determine whether leveraging group marketing strategies would increase uptake of mobile microinsurance among farmers in Kenya.• Applied for grants to help support the research.• Reviewed existing literature on group marketing.Spatial Inequality Across Africa (May 2020 - August 2020)• Received fellowship grant to assist Dr. Phil Roessler with his research, working to understand the relationship between cash crops, colonialism, and lasting spatial inequality across sub-Saharan Africa.• Utilized primary sources to document cash crop production, land rights, and land usage in various ethnic enclaves. • Conducted in-depth research to evaluate the differential economic and social effects of cash crop production as driven by colonial institutions.

• Facilitated communication between the executive board and the rest of the club team members.• Assisted President by upholding and updating club policies, attending meetings with William & Mary's Campus Recreation department, and coordinating club activities.• Oversaw administrative work necessary to qualify for, and compete in, USA Rugby’s national tournament.• Designed, ordered, and distributed club merchandise to team members, alumni, and their families.

Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

• Ensured customer satisfaction by providing personalized service while assisting other restaurant staff with delivering menu items and clearing tables.• Answered questions about the preparation of menu items and conveyed special requests to the kitchen.• Assisted with the training of new wait staff.• Filled hostess role as necessary, greeted customers, arranged seating, and assisted with reservations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociology, Data Science (Minor)

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Activities and Societies: Cum Laude Society, National Merit Scholar, Resident Assistant, Varsity Field Hockey Captain, Head of STEM Club.

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