Hi! My name is Ava. I am a data analyst based in San Francisco.
I am passionate about the intersection of data and social impact, particularly as relates to climate and conservation.
I am currently open to volunteer or part-time work related to these issues! Please reach out on LinkedIn.
Check out some of my work experience and projects below!
Work Experience:
- July 2023 – Present: Business Intelligence Analyst, Product Analytics at GoodRx, working to reduce the prices Americans pay for their prescription drugs.
- September 2022 – June 2023: Data Scientist, Product Analytics at Meta. Worked on the Social Impact Products, focusing on Instagram’s fundraising product and tools for nonprofits.
- May 2020 – June 2022: Applied Data Analysis Fellow at Institute for Policy Research, worked at Corners Lab studying violence prevention and police misconduct.
- June 2021 – September 2021: Data Science Intern at Facebook
- April 2020 – December 2020: Data Analytics Intern at ClearCut Analytics
- June 2019 – September 2019: Analyst Intern at Clearcover
Education:
- B.A. in Statistics and Economics from Northwestern University (Graduated March 2022, GPA 3.8/4.0)
Personal Projects:
Current
- April 2023 – Current: Volunteer at Bay Area Puma Project, which tracks and researches mountain lions in the Bay Area. I collect field data, perform maintenance on field cameras, and help with data classification and basic data analysis.
- Open to more opportunities!
Past Projects
- May 2021: NU STAT 301-3 Regression Competition: Bank Loans (1st Place/134) [Kaggle] [Code]
- May 2021: Ensemble Model for Predicting Song Popularity [Summary] [Full Report + Code]
- March 2021: Who Wins at Jeopardy? Visualization [Viz] [Walkthrough + Code]
- March 2021: Predicting Coup Success [Summary] [Full Report + Code]
- Winter 2021: Data cleaning project for http://cpdp.co with Corners Lab
- September 2020: N3 Lab/Institute for Policy Research Report: Age of Chicago’s Homicide Victims
- July 2020: The Network of International Pop Music Visualization
- Summer 2020: Data Well Driven Project
- June 2020: TGIF: When Do Cars Crash in Chicago? Visualization