Experience

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  Bureau of Economic Analysis

  • Economist

    • Apr 2016 - Present
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  Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

  • United States
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Data and Fiscal Coordinator - Maryland Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

    • Sep 2015 - Apr 2016

    • Design and utilize code to compile and aggregate home visiting data using Excel, Stata and R software, including submission of Maryland MIECHV’s annual data report to the Health Resources and Services Administration• Collaborate regularly with a team of data analysts at a non-profit organization to meet annual data reporting requirement to the Health Resources and Services Administration, improve home visiting estimates, and disseminate findings to stakeholders• Communicate home visiting data results to stakeholders using both written and visual analysis, and by presenting data findings in person at an annual home visiting conference• Re-wrote interagency data sharing agreement to improve home visiting data quality, and re-wrote home visiting consent form to more clearly explain to potential clients what data we would collect from them and how exactly it would be used• Prepared materials describing Maryland MIECHV data processes for a three day intensive site visit by the Health Resources and Services Administration• Monitor fiscal contracts with home visiting programs by tracking expenditures against pre-approved program budgets, and communicating necessary revisions of expenditures to maintain the integrity of grant funding

  • Graduate Research Assistant (UMBC)

    • Dec 2013 - Aug 2015

    • Worked 20 hours per week while in graduate school full time• Increased the efficiency of data collection protocol for MIECHV program data by creating a Google form that requests and stores data for analysis automatically, replacing a less efficient system where grantee responses were collected via individual emails and manually entered into a Microsoft Word document• Gained practical experience working with large datasets in Microsoft Access by volunteering to compile the FY2014 Discretionary Grant Information System (DGIS) Program and Performance Measure data report for the Maryland MIECHV program required by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).• Improved Maryland MIECHV’s DGIS reporting protocol by establishing query logic that revealed random missing data, which lead to the creation of improved data collection and cleaning efforts.• Wrote the first annual DGIS Report to Grantees using clear language and appropriately simple data figures to provide feedback for grantees that highlighted successes, areas of improvement, and the next steps necessary to improve data quality.

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  Child First Authority

  • Baltimore, Maryland

  • Middle School Math Curriculum Writer

    • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
    • Baltimore, Maryland

    • Wrote Middle School math lesson plans for implementation by Child First Authority after school programs at several Baltimore City Public Schools.• Aligned lesson plans to the Baltimore City VSC Math standards as well as the Common Core Standards for Mathematics• Attended weekly staff meetings t...

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  Baltimore City Teaching Residency

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Secondary Math Teacher

    • May 2011 - Jun 2012
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    • Admitted to a highly selective cohort of recent college graduates and career changers committed to raising student achievement in Baltimore's highest need schools.• Participated in six-week summer training institute, including a four-week student teaching experience.• Completed a comprehens...

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  ESF, Inc.

  • Conference Coach

    • 2012 - 2012

    • Oversaw six teams of campers ages 8 - 10, helping to organize and set up games and activities.• Helped with administrative duties such as maintaining camper safety during sports, at the pool, monitoring campers with allergies during lunch, and documenting water breaks, bathroom breaks and medic...

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  Baltimore City Public Schools

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • 8th Grade Math Teacher

    • 2011 - 2012
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    • Created daily lesson plans for eighty 8th grade students, aligned to the Maryland State Standards for mathematics, using a variety of instructional techniques while incorporating technology and mathematical manipulatives.• Differentiated instruction for an at risk student population to target r...

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  The Highlands School

  • Substitute Teacher

    • Mar 2011 - Jun 2011

    • On call substitute teacher for children with learning differences including language processing deficits, Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and other learning needs.• Substituted for: kindergarten instructor, elementary and middle school teaching assistants, gym instruct...

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  Friends School of Baltimore

  • Substitute Teacher

    • Nov 2010 - Jun 2011

    • On call middle school substitute teacher responsible for absent teacher’s duties, including classroom instruction, monitoring student lunch break, and maintaining student safety during recess break. • Displayed flexibility and commitment by agreeing to substitute for all subjects and either par...

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  St. Paul's School for Boys

  • Assistant Varsity Soccer Coach

    • Aug 2010 - Nov 2010

    • Assisted the varsity head coach by providing insight about specific player improvement, team tactical strategies and by coordinating conditioning and technical skill drills.