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Saint Paul, MN, US

Berlin, Berlin, DE

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, US

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

New York, NY, US

• Completed a capstone project utilizing Natural Language Processing (NLP) to classify a corpus of 123k news articles from 15 news sources. Predicted article source using features generated from article text.
• Developed predictive regression and classification models using real-world datasets from multiple industries. Evaluated model performance through the use of cross-validation, splitting data into training and test sets.
• Summarized data science projects and communicated results to technical and lay audiences through presentations, written reports and visualizations.
• Obtained data through web scraping and APIs. Regularly cleaned, transformed and manipulated datasets in preparation for exploratory analysis and modeling.
• Utilized Amazon Web Services (AWS) for deep learning tasks, to automate video transcoding and implement automatic website database backups.Languages and Tools: Python | SQL | Git | R | AWS | Excel | FileMakerPro

• LEAD Education is a small U.S. based non-profit organization implementing educational projects in the developing world with an emphasis on understanding local culture and empowering local communities. ------Formed.
• Led a team of 12 Deaf community leaders to develop and implement a new research method for developing sign language dictionaries. Method simultaneously collects lexical items and qualitative and quantitative language.
• Delivered a training program for 20 national teachers of the deaf in the local sign language. Training focused on improving teacher sign language proficiency through teaching key sign language linguistics concepts.
• Over 10 years experience in non-profit communications, writing (newsletter articles, internal reports and project funding proposals) and public speaking. Maintained donor support for 100% of ongoing program budget.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

• Coordinated testing for students in the Minneapolis Public School’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing program. Scheduled, administered and handled materials for district, state and national assessments.
• Taught and developed personal curriculum for technology and experiential learning classes for a diverse group of deaf and hard of hearing students.

• Instructed middle school and high school mathematics at a state residential school for the deaf, with ASL as the primary language of communication.
• Utilized inquiry based lessons to deepen students’ understanding of foundational math concepts. Taught middle school health classes and managed student Individualized Education Plans.

• Interpreted for students with diverse language preferences, ranging from ASL to transliterated English in core academic subjects and vocational classes.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, US

• Interpreted in a postsecondary setting for a broad range of classes: communications, astronomy and deaf education. Also interpreted meetings and university functions involving deaf staff members.

Graduate Certificate, Applied Statistics

Master’S Degree, Special Education | Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Specialization

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology

Associate’S Degree, American Sign Language Interpretation And Transliteration