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San Diego, CA, US

San Diego, California, United States

- Wrote Python code within AWS to clean and merge AT&T customer behavior data and macroeconomic data, used machine learning to segment customers, and analyzed results to understand recent economic trends’ impact on churn, upgrade rates, port-ins, etc.- Built Tableau dashboards to visualize changes in customer behavior across segments, developed customer.

- Assisted Cal Poly professors in writing and editing an introductory-level data science textbook, with chapters covering the data science lifecycle, cloud technology, fundamentals of statistics, data visualization, machine learning, and data ethics- Wrote case studies and designed activities to help students practice what they learn, including activities.

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

- Web scraped data using R from Southwest Power Pool website to develop a mapping algorithm for proposed power generators, then coded interactive geomap of cleaned data to visualize distances between generators and nearest substations using Leaflet- Created Tableau dashboards for analyzing accuracy of current model for forecasting generator output, as well.

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

- Worked on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research project to evaluate the non-cognitive skills and traits that best predicted students’ success in engineering throughout their time in college- Helped administer surveys across Cal Poly engineering classes- Wrote code in R to clean survey data, ran analyses using various statistical techniques.

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

- Planned and hosted meetings to educate students about career and research opportunities in fields relevant to statistics, and foster community within the major- Organized mentor/mentee program to provide younger students and transfers with support- Acted as point of contact between statistics students and faculty

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

- Graded for STAT 252: Statistical Inference for Management II & STAT 434: Introduction to Statistical Learning- Provided feedback to students and professors regarding progress, and collaborated with professors in editing homework assignments

San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

- Curated a weekly alternative music radio show- Incorporated underwriting and spoken break segments

San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

- Analyzed listener data from surveys, social media, and Google Analytics/station website to better understand the average listener, which types of content to emphasize, and propose marketing solutions to revitalize station brand amid COVID pandemic- Gathered statistics using pivot tables and filtering in Excel and created visual representations to.

San Luis Obispo, California Area

- Analyzed Google and Instagram metrics to boost visitor interaction with station website and social media- Brainstormed new ways to further integrate KCPR and Cal Poly into SLO’s music scene through events and marketing materials

Hollister, California

BenitoLink is San Benito County's nonprofit online news source. During my internship there, I:- Interviewed sources and wrote news articles for website, primarily focused on local business and economic development. My article about local tattoo and piercing parlors was BenitoLink's top Facebook post of the month.- Revised and published press releases given.

Master Of Science - Ms, Business Analytics, 3.97

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Statistics, 3.80

Activities and Societies: American Marketing Association, Statistics Club, Mu Sigma Rho, KCPR 91.3 Cal Poly RadioMinor: Actuarial.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration, Quantitative Analysis

Education record

Activities and Societies: Honors Tribunal; Sexuality and Gender Acceptance