Experience

Research Improving People's Lives

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Predoctoral Fellow

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  * Research assistant to Dr. Justine Hastings * Used machine learning and causal inference to understand and improve various areas of public policy including health policy, education policy, and the future of work. * Wrangled and cleaned large administrative datasets for econometric analysis using R, Stata, and SQL. * Presented research findings on a weekly basis to economists and key decision makers * Led the adoption and development of dashboards to help guide research design and UX design decision making. * Helped construct research pipelines from start to finish by producing analysis plans, implementing econometric analyses, writing up findings for publication in academic journals, and developing research code pipelines to ensure research reproducibility. * Worked with product managers and project managers to develop a set of analytical tools to encourage data driven decision making.



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Data Analyst

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

  * Research assistant to Dr. Peter Berck and Dr. Sofia Villas-Boas* Assisted in the evaluation of the efficiency and efficacy of California's Bottle Bill * Used R to clean, analyze, and plot recycling and census data* Collaborated with research team on the design and programming of survey instruments* Managed and independently coordinated survey data collection efforts at 100 different recycling centers in California.

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Research Assistant to Professor Brian Wright * Developed problem sets for students enrolled in the Economics of Innovation and Intellectual Property course * Performed literature reviews on tax avoidance and corporate social responsibility * Research paper draft review

• Research Apprentice

  • Aug 2015 - May 2016

  Research Assistant to Professor Villas-Boas * Research focused on investigating the relationship between the accuracy of reported air quality data and hosting of large sporting events to develop a method that identifies the falsification of reported air quality data. * Cleaned air quality data in Excel and Stata for analysis.



JBS International, Inc.

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  * Cleaned and analyzed survey data using SAS for the impact evaluation of AmeriCorps programs. * Prepared research reports that described baseline characteristics of AmeriCorps and SeniorCorps program members. * Cleaned and analyzed survey data using SAS for the impact evaluation of AmeriCorps programs. * Prepared research reports that described baseline characteristics of AmeriCorps and SeniorCorps program members.



Stifel Financial Corp.

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  * Prepared financial analysis reports on portfolios and individual securities. * Audited client asset transfers. * Prepared Excel spreadsheets that tracked municipal bond pricing, maturities, and yields. * Prepared financial analysis reports on portfolios and individual securities. * Audited client asset transfers. * Prepared Excel spreadsheets that tracked municipal bond pricing, maturities, and yields.



College of San Mateo

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Economics Tutor

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  * Tutored students in both intro microeconomics and macroeconomics. * Organized review sessions to prepare students for midterms and final exams. * Tutored students in both intro microeconomics and macroeconomics. * Organized review sessions to prepare students for midterms and final exams.