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Brooklyn, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

- Developed and led social science research in support of Vera’s efforts to end immigration detention and expand access to counsel using large administrative datasets, including data from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).- Conducted research and data analysis in support of technical assistance, program management, and contract oversight using data from four government-funded programs: the Legal Orientation Program (LOP), Immigration Court Helpdesk (ICH), the Legal Orientation Program for Custodians (LOPC), and the National Qualified Representative Program (NQRP).- Developed and led an internally funded research project to increase ICE data transparency through collection and analysis of data acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) via external partnerships and generating new datasets derived from publicly available data. - Worked with data scientists to process and interpret government administrative data, including using machine learning methods to develop an algorithm to infer unique person-level identifiers from redacted data.- Supervised research and data science analysts and associates on LOP, ICH, LOPC, and NQRP teams, supporting professional development through training and mentorship. - Engaged in federal advocacy, including educating members of Congress and reviewing legislation, to improve ICE data transparency.- Established relationships with external researchers, journalists, and advocates to obtain and interpretgovernment administrative datasets from ICE and EOIR.- Maintained fluency in core trends, policy issues, and research on immigration court and detention systems.

New York, New York, United States

- Managed research and data analysis for LOP, ICH, LOPC, and NQRP, including supervising research analysts.- Led development, measurement, and implementation of program performance indicators.- Ensured accurate and timely submissions of contract deliverables and ad hoc data requests.- Improved Vera’s data collection processes, including designing new databases for LOP, LOPC, ICH, NQRP,and the Los Angeles Justice Fund and archiving data to ensure compatibility.- Completed independent seed grand project using survival analysis to identify factors affecting theimmigration court case backlog and case processing time.- Consulted on project using machine learning to determine the implied prices of legal access program services to inform budget adjustments and allocation of supplemental funding.

New York, New York, United States

- Responsible for data collection, processing, analysis, and reporting for immigration court programs (LOP, LOPC, ICH, NQRP).- Ensured accurate and timely submissions of research-related federal contract deliverables and ad hoc data requests. Coordinated with internal staff, subcontractors, and government stakeholders to ensure data quality and contextualize data anomalies and trends.- Improved Vera’s data collection and extract, transform, load (ETL) processes through review, debugging, and development of Vera’s code base.- Worked within a research team to produce program evaluations for the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) and justice AmeriCorps (jAC).

Bethlehem, Pa

Master Of Science (M.S.), Criminology And Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: Criminology-Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association (CCJGSA)All work completed within a doctoral program.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Sociology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Gender Studies

Numerous elective courses in engineering, math, and physics.