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DATA SCIENCE PROJECTS:PREDICTING HEART DISEASE & DIABETES USING BINARY CLASSIFICATIONGathered, cleaned and processed health survey data from the CDC. Created binary classification model that predicts likelihood of heart disease & diabetes with 83% accuracy. Created Streamlit app that takes user input and suggests resources & informed discussion with a physicianPREDICTING LIKELIHOOD OF LOAN SUCCESS USING NLP and GRADIENT BOOST CLASSIFIER Worked on a 4-person team to develop model that improved success likelihood for Kiva loans. Used binary classification and NLP to create machine learning model with 83% accuracy. Created Streamlit app to be used in-house at Kiva to help improve loan pre-screening processUSING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO DETERMINE SUBREDDIT ASSOCIATION Used Pushshift API to gather data from Popheads and Let’s Talk Music subreddits. Cleaned and processed data using Regular Expressions, WordNetLemmatizer & CountVectorizer. Final model: AdaBoost Classifier with 85% accuracy.

Greater Atlanta Area

Helped 100+ people with developmental disabilities and their families navigate the educational, financial and legal changes associated with becoming an adult. Worked closely with the Social Security Administration, Dept. of Human Services, and local school districts to secure benefits for clients. Helped secure Social Security benefits for clients with 82% approval rate compared to national average of 65%.

Greater Atlanta Area

Supervised the services and supports provided to 45+ individuals with developmental disabilities. Monitored their progress toward achievement of goals and made recommendations for modifications as appropriate. Created monthly and quarterly reports of goal progression, health needs, and behavior challenges and worked with support team members to implement changes as needed. Managed government benefits for 50+ individuals ensuring continuity of benefits with timely renewal applications. Represented clients and advocated for them in court hearings with the Dept. of Human Services.

Data Engineering Professional Certificate

Data Science Immersive

- Successfully completed 480 hours of expert-led instruction and hands-on learning of the industry’s most in demand technologies.

Master Of Social Work, Nonprofit Org Management And Leadership Grad Certificate

Activities and Societies: Graduate Teaching Assistant

Bachelor Of Social Work

Activities and Societies: Helping Hands - President, Treasurer; Student Social Work Association - Treasurer