Manage organizational leadership, budget, marketing, outreach, public relations, and recruitment activities
Worked with local healthcare non-profits in San Diego on potential avenues for data science to improve operations. Targeting ways to help clients improve efficiency, impact, outreach, client satisfaction, ROI, data systems/use case designs
Oversee and participate in student data science projects to ensure quality, timely delivery, and meeting clients’ expectations while upkeeping self; facilitating opportunities for students to apply academic training in impactful, real-world scenarios
Organize correspondence between members, university faculty, department advisors, and non-profit representatives
Analyzed large, archived, and operational datasets to identify key metrics and actionable insights, leading to improved client understanding of programs, initiatives, and grants performance; furthered clients’ mission as data-driven organizations
Over $140 million in combisned financial analyses performed, ranging from donations to research grants and charity events
Derived ground-truth insights into clients’ operations with statistical inference, reflected clients’ past operations, checked recent business decisions, and informed future choices. Performed feature selection/engineering for informative attributes
Specialize in geo-/demographic, financial, operational & business strategies analyses, dashboarding, turning data into action
Housing Solutions Consultant & Designer in Residence
Jan 2024 - June 2024 San Diego, California
Part-time
Advised the ADUGenius project on ADUs as an innovative housing solution, covering financing structures, tax benefits, saving strategies (straight-line, cost segmented depreciation), building costs, ordinance adoption, setbacks, myths, designs, sustainability, and useful policies/programs
Served a secretary role in meetings and correspondence between stakeholders from the United States, Mexico, the UC San Diego Design Lab, and impact project leads to assist San Diego-Tijuana international collaboration projects
Performed administrative duties for the Science & Tech Network, including event coordination, media design, monthly
updates to the World Design Capital committee, event MC/moderator at events with community members & project leads
Fellow Scholar
Sep 2023 - Present La Jolla, California
Fellowship
Real Estate + Data Science experiential learning fellowship with the Urban Studies & Planning Department and Homelessness Hub at UC San Diego, under the ULI H2H Mission Priority Initiative.
Implemented a character-based word embeddings model (char2vec) based on a recurrent neural network using Keras from TensorFlow, coupled with Scikit-learn for linear dimensionality reduction of vectors
Streamlined data labeling processes through the implementation of an automated Bayesian classifier, significantly improving efficiency
Leveraged API calls to query data from findl.com, allowing seamless access to essential information for analysis
Conducted comprehensive analysis of an S&P 500 company’s stock/financials and transformed insights into an interactive dashboard using Tableau, facilitating intuitive visualization and exploration of key metrics
Demonstrated exceptional organizational skills by successfully coordinating projects and effectively managing team communication across 7+ time zones, ensuring smooth collaboration and timely delivery
Enhanced project management practices by refining and maintaining a dynamic PM dashboard in Google Sheets, enabling real-time progress tracking and streamlined reporting to supervisors
Exceeded internship expectations by proactively implementing an automated data labeling tool by leveraging machine learning, effectively saving significant time and resources when the initial assigned approach was brute force, setting a new standard for efficiency and problem-solving at the company
Deloitte Data Science Mentorship Program Mentee
Feb 2022 - May 2022 San Diego, California
Development Program
A data science mentorship program jointly organized by Deloitte and the Halicioglu Data Science Institute.
Utilized ARIMA models to generate employment metric forecasts and predict market behaviors due to Covid-19
Conducted in-depth analysis to extract actionable insights using multiple linear regression, exploratory data analysis (EDA), and visualization
Collaborated closely with a dedicated mentor from Deloitte, receiving personalized guidance and support on a weekly basis
Presented findings to an audience of Deloitte practitioners and advisors from the Halicioglu Data Science Institute
Assumed a leadership position within the project group, taking charge of task assignments, scheduling meetings, and cultivating a cohesive project story when our team needed leadership; fostering a positive, motivated team environment, on-time delivery, and quality assurance.
UCSD CSE SPIS Student
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021 San Diego, California
Development Program
Final Project: A web-app that generates vehicle suggestions given a user’s lifestyle following a decision tree
Programmed in Python and HTML for brower display of user interface
Typed my first print(“Hello World”). Had zero clue what machine learning was, so I implemented a purely if-else decision tree to build a car recommender. Did manage to use Flask for front end display!
SCHS Swim Team Manager and Swimmer
Feb 2018 - Jun 2021 San Jose, California
Team Manager (2021), Swimmer (2017-2021)
I volunteered to be my swim team’s manager (and swimmer) during my senior year in high school when we needed one
Responsible for acquiring, storing, and presenting athletes’ race times and lap time splits
Hardware facet: scoreboard operation, backup timers preparation, starter/speaker system setup
Software facet: Excel data entry (styling must follow SCHS’s practices and in formats readable by sports software), Hy-Tek meet manager software operation
Systems used: Colorado System 6 Sports Timing System and Hy-Tek meet manager