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Menlo Park, California, United States

Conduct economic and financial analysis for litigation and regulatory proceedings.

Spring 2021-Spring 2022: Consulted for a microfinance firm to predict payment schedules and default probabilities. Methods used include regression analysis, time series, decision trees, and classification algorithms.Summer/Fall 2020: Assisted a PhD candidate in the Berkeley Economics department with her dissertation, which analyzes tax efficacy in a developing nation, subject to various policies.Spring 2020: Assisted a PhD candidate in the Berkeley Economics department with her dissertation, which is looking at how television exposure during the Vietnam War affected volunteer enrollment. Created a program that automatically web-scraped 100,000+ relevant data values to be used in modeling for the project.

As a Staff Writer, I write multiple articles per semester about various current world affairs, which would be published at https://bpr.berkeley.edu/.

I grade weekly problem sets and quizzes for Statistics 135 (upper division Mathematical Statistics, a requirement for Statistics majors). I also provide insight to the professor and Graduate Student Instructors on the prerequisite and current course material that students are struggling with.

San Francisco, California, United States

Worked at PG&E, the largest utilities company in the country, as a Quantitative Risk Analyst intern in the Risk Management division. My work primarily consisted of developing and maintaining statistical models that estimate risk in PG&E's asset management and operation groups. Below is a brief description of two main projects I worked on:1) Predicted financial cost of pipe leaks using data science & machine learning techniques. Some methods used include 1-dimensional clustering, regression, and classification. The report is attached in the "Projects" section.2) Management of Change initiatives: wrote documentation that helps communicate the analytical reasons behind a risk model change

Fremont

Taught a wide range of mathematics courses, including Algebra 1, Algebra 2 & Trigonometry, and AP Calculus. I was the "Lead Instructor" for the Algebra 2 & Trigonometry course, meaning I created all curriculum, including lecture material, homework, and exams. Classes taught ranged from 10-30 students.

Fremont, California

Summarized letters from constituents and drafted responses, created policy briefs, and assisted with event planning.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Statistics & Economics

Education record

Activities and Societies: Model United Nations, Principal's Advisory Committee, Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Track