Biography
I’m currently a senior studying Data Science at Brigham-Young University Idaho. I love visualizing data in R. My most recent project is an analysis of student peer-mentoring programs and their impact on student success.
Interests
- Data Visualization
- Data Analysis
- Machine Learning
- Visual Communication
Education
Working toward BS in Data Science, 2021
Brigham Young University - Idaho
Skills
R
Statistics
Python
SQL
Machine Learning
Dataviz
Experience
Employment and Consulting Projects
Data Science Consultant
BYU-Idaho Peer-Success Mentoring
- Analyzed semester GPA evolution of 400 at-risk university students to quantify the impact of peer-mentoring and optimize targeted student outreach campaigns
- Compared mentees with non-mentees by using R to visualize and model GPA change over 4 semesters
- Built interactive dashboard to inform program coordinators of significant performance differences between subsets of at-risk student populations
Data Science Consultant
Good2Go Stores, Consultant through RDBC
- Reported data-driven insights to CFO to determine next year’s budget and sales goals
- Built interactive dashboard of weekly sales contextualized with world events using R tidyverse and trelliscopejs
Project Manager / Data Science Consultant
Madison High School Basketball, Consultant through RDBC
- Led team of 9 student analysts in using Python libraries Pandas and SQLite3 to extract, wrangle, and visualize gameplay data for head basketball coach to save time and money on other apps and improve team strategy
- Trained beginner-level team members on basics of objectoriented design, git and version control, databases and queries, and code documentation.
Lead Research Analyst
BYU-Idaho Student Support
- Reported decision-ready data to Department Director and University Executives to evaluate performance, set goals, and drive strategies to optimize resources
- Designed and maintained dynamic Google Sheets dashboard reviewed by University Vice President
- Streamlined and coordinated data collection process among 15 campus services
- Cleaned, analyzed, and visualized structured and unstructured data from Qualtrics surveys and internal files for use in reports and dashboards