Professional Experience
Five Acres--The Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles
Altadena, California, USA
Clinical Data Analyst
April 2024 - Present - Design, develop, and integrate data storage and reporting systems and gather clear and concise requirements for data reporting requests and documents specifications in an organized manner
- Showcase patterns, insights, and trends in user-friendly data reports that also provide recommendations for decision-makers
- Head data literacy initiatives created in collaboration with Five Acres leadership to educate and empower staff in understanding and effectively utilizing data to make informed decisions
UCLA Library Data Science Center
Westwood, California, USA
Project Manager
July 2022 – June 2023 - Led the DataSquad data science consulting team to meet the needs of over 50 patrons and complete over 10 research projects in one year through optimizing project workflows and expanding outreach
- Acted as main liaison between data science consultants, supervisors, and stakeholders, also cleaning data and creating visuals ad hoc per individual project needs
- Helped to double incoming clientele and support future organizational growth by creating automated business reports and dashboards in R, improving the team's website design, and implementing efficient Calendly appointment scheduling
Data Science Union at UCLA
Westwood, California, USA
Data Scientist
April 2021 – June 2023 - Leveraged SQL, Python, R, and Tableau to meet the needs of various clients and research goals (see projects section) including text mining, tidying messy data, machine learning model development, and building interactive dashboards
- Specialized in data collection, cleaning, visualization, dashboard creation, machine learning, and presenting findings to stakeholders with varying degrees of technical knowledge
- Undertook accelerated Python and SQL program for data science
Director of Membership
March 2022 – February 2023- Saved club hundreds on expenses through using Microsoft Excel to analyze spending patters, budgeting, and build dashboards to present numbers to the board
- Organized 10+ club socials and cultivated an affable professional culture which increased club social engagement by 60%
- Spearheaded two recruitment cycles of 200+ applicants by developing a recruitment timeline and coordinating 40+ members to conduct interviews, expanding club membership by 40%
Skills
Programming Languages: R (base, tidyverse) [Advanced], Python (pandas, BeautifulSoup, matplotlib, scikit learn, nltk, mysql) [Intermediate], SQL [Advanced Beginner], HTML/CSS [Beginner]
Other Tools: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Macros and VBA, Tableau, R Shiny, Git, GitHub, Power BI, OpenRefine, Jekyll, Microsoft Office, LaTeX
Events
2024 TCOM Conference
San Francisco, California, USA
Presenter
October 2024 - Presented on analysis done to measure the effectiveness of in-person vs. telehealth care for children receiving outpatient mental health services
- Used t-tests and linear regression models to validate results
- Designed and presented a poster of our findings with the rest of the Five Acres Research Team to over 100 people attending the conference
2023 UCLA DataFest
Westwood, California, USA
Data Scientist
April 2023 - Competition where 4-6 person teams were given a dataset and 48 hours to provide the best analysis
- Created choropleth maps of ratios of lawyers to clients on a state and county level
- Selected as one of the 15 finalists out of over 100 teams
Professional Development Opportunities
UCLA Alumni Mentor Program
Westwood, California, USA
Alumni Mentor
October 2024 - Present - Voluntary program to offer current UCLA students with professional guidance
- Monthly meetings with students to review resumes, conduct mock interviews, and offer advice
