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Chicago, IL, US

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Collaborating under the supervision of Missouri (MO) Senator Greg Razer to research and present a legislative proposal on encouraging electric vehicle adoption across MO while also supplanting lost revenue to the MO.
• Leading research examining how a 501(c)(4) can effectively impact student outcomes in Kansas City.
• Developing a micro-funding program with Kansas City Action Fund for community members and presenting strategy to stakeholders.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Taught middle school math to 30+ students with 87% of students achieving above average growth and a majority of students achieving growth in the 90th percentile by end-of-year.
• Manage data systems for entire middle school including leading PD on using data in classroom and building out a data dashboard all students and teachers.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Assist TFA administration in planning corps-wide events and monthly strategic planning to decrease attrition rates.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Work with TFA Kansas City administration to confirm and matriculate applicants through phone calls and virtual meetings.

• Drafting a white paper and literature review examining the link between nutrition and emotional wellness in K-12 populations to ignite policy conversations and inform future “Food and Mood” in-person conference.
• Crafting a Statement of Work (SOW) blueprint, outlining contractor expectations, to ensure streamlined project execution.
• Analyzed data and created visualizations using R showing a correlation between food insecurity and negative mental health outcomes.
• Serving on a planning committee for an in-person conference on the topic of Food & Mood including facilitation of meetings with 40+ stakeholders and using internal and external data to create “State Profiles”.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Developed an evaluation plan for the Illinois Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) initiative, including crafting evaluation questions and identifying data sources, to secure approval from the Department of.
• Generated a research proposal studying father participation and stigma around Home Visiting programs to better understand why people decline services.
• Worked with policy team to construct a legislative summary of 34 early childhood legislative successes from the 102nd IL General Assembly to share with Start Early Partners, new congresspeople, and external stakeholders.
• Co-developed interactive Tableau maps plotting maternal health and early-childhood resources across the state of Illinois.

• Represented the Grinnell College class of 2021 by planning events and managing class social media to foster class affinity.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Analyzed Google Analytics data (e.g. page viewership, bounce rate, length of sessions) exported from the VA websites.
• Generated summary reports, created visualizations, and used regression and other basic statistical analysis tools to draw conclusions about information from over 2 million monthly virtual visitors.

New Haven, CT

Lee's Summit, MO

• Helped direct the field operation for the Kansas City metro area on the reelection campaign of Claire McCaskill

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science, Economics. Concentration In Statistics.

Honors in Political Science and Economics. Completed credit requirements to qualify for Statistics concentration.

Masters Of Education, Secondary Education