Senior Data Scientist

• Jun 2022 - Present

• Sectors: National Security, Public Health, & Public Safety• Tools: Python, Bash, AWS, Tableau, Git/Github/Gitlab, SQL/Postgres, PostGIS, VS Code, Flask

Data Scientist

• Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

Senior Data Scientist

• Jun 2022 - Present

Lead illegitimate product detection efforts within the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health to improve screening of violative products before entry into the US medical supply chain. Perform anomaly detection and identify key areas for data quality improvement. Create and tune machine learning models to augment existing fraud prevention architectures. Organize team in biweekly sprints to provide deliverables on time and in accordance with specified requirements.

Data Scientist

• Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

Technical Content Writer

• Jun 2020 - May 2022

• Freelance Writer (see 1st and 4th blogs below) • Towards Data Science Portfolio: https://amawest.medium.com/ • Viewership of >110,000 readers on Medium • Freelance Writer (see 1st and 4th blogs below) • Towards Data Science Portfolio: https://amawest.medium.com/ • Viewership of >110,000 readers on Medium

Graduate Course Grader

• Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

• Graded 59 masters student's assignments for "Practice & Applications of Data Science"• Ran 3-hour class on querying APIs in Python• Met with students 1-on-1 to tutor and answer questions they had on various labs

Capstone

• Sep 2020 - May 2021

Partnered with InnovateEDU, a NYC-based education nonprofit on a yearlong project to develop natural language processing algorithm that identified underlying structural differences in educational intervention literature. • Explored underlying structural differences in educational interventions using TF-IDF and LDA• Collected & cleaned data from 100k+ research articles and processed results in AWS SageMaker• Followed Agile methodology to meet objectives on time and presented deliverables to stakeholders at the end of each sprint Show less

Data Visualization Consultant

• Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

Collaborated with data visualization team to complete projects requests for university staff. Consulted on interactive data visualization, UI/UX design, website creation, and geospatial visualization. Contributed tutorials and maintained organization Github account. • Designed online data repository in HTML, CSS, & JavaScript to improve data sharing among research librarians, enhancing information access and equity across university campuses • Collaborated with researchers to improve UX design and functionality to fit stakeholder needs • Created online tutorial on interactive data visualization with R Plotly library for public use • Co-author of pending chapter in Digital Humanities Quarterly for “Visualizing the Future Examples Repository” (approximately Dec. 2020) Show less

Research Assistant

• Oct 2017 - Mar 2020

Performed data cleaning, entry, and tabulation in Excel, R, and Stata. Conducted literature reviews of the current fiscal and monetary policy literature. Prepared written summaries, presentations, and graphs for lead researchers. Aided in the publication of two research papers under Dr. Aditi Thapar of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics. • Employed R (dplyr, foreign, survey) packages to clean and apply survey weights to IPUMS-CPS data as part of analysis of U.S. monetary policy effectiveness by region and age group • Translated documents between Stata and R languages to ensure consistency of results • Won Outstanding Poster for presentation of “Estimating the Effects of Fiscal Policy on the U.S. Economy” at annual UROP Spring Research Symposium, April 2017 Show less

Student Athlete

• Sep 2016 - Mar 2020

• All-American and Scholastic All-American • 1st place in women's black belt division 2017, 2018, 2019 collegiate nationals • 1st place in women's black belt and team sparring at inaugural World University Games • Ranked third in the country for women's +67 kg division in 2018 • All-American and Scholastic All-American • 1st place in women's black belt division 2017, 2018, 2019 collegiate nationals • 1st place in women's black belt and team sparring at inaugural World University Games • Ranked third in the country for women's +67 kg division in 2018

Grant Writing Intern

• Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

Responsible for developing EU grant proposals towards promotion of budding Albanian tourism industry. Developed proposals, budgets, and cultivated relationships with stakeholders from Turkey, Spain, Italy and Croatia. • Primary author on EU grant proposal (€550,000) “Development of Value Chain along South Albania Touristic Route” to foster creation and development of sustainable tourism through Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) incubation • Revised EU grant (€​​16,400) “Supporting the Promotion and Development of Transnational Thematic Tourism Products Linked to Cultural and Creative Industries” at the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Butrint, Albania, including creation of children's hands-on museum and archaeological dig-along Show less

Community Organization Intern

• Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

• Mobilized hundreds of individuals in national and state campaigns to protect clean water • Facilitated taking-action through letter-writing, petitions, and calling local representatives • Fundraised $6,000 for the Flint Water Crisis and associated research and lobbying campaigns • Mobilized hundreds of individuals in national and state campaigns to protect clean water • Facilitated taking-action through letter-writing, petitions, and calling local representatives • Fundraised $6,000 for the Flint Water Crisis and associated research and lobbying campaigns