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Chicago, Il, Us

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 Department of Transportation as gas usage declines.•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 discussions.•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” describing the critical needs of a particular state.

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 Human Services.• 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