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Data Scientist | Data Science, Analytics, & Engineering | Python, R, SQL, AWS, C

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Education

  • M.S., Data Science | The University of Virginia School of Data Science (May 2025)
  • B.A., Cognitive Sciecne - Psychology | The University of Virginia (May 2024)

Experience

Data Scientist @ Pollstar(OVG) (June 2025 - Present)

MSDS Admissions Ambassador @ UVA School of Data Science (June 2024 - May 2025)

  • Welcomed Visitors to Grounds and provided information and tours of the building and academic programs
  • Met with prospective students via informative 1:1 appointments

Data Report Designer @ JABA (Jefferson Area Board of Aging) (January 2024 - June 2024)

  • Corresponded with managers and directors to ascertain methods of data collecting, formatting, and targets for data
  • Determined optimal formats for capturing and displaying data in Excel dashboards to present goal progression

** Psycholinguistics Research Assistant @ UVA Cognitive Science Research (June 2023 - June 2024)**

  • Facilitated the development of a study researching Vocal Similarity Among Siblings using the PRAAT data analysis program
  • Conducted interviews with three pairs of research participants to detect nuances of speech between siblings

Association Council Vice-President @ UVA Residential Leadership Experience (August 2023 - June 2024)

  • Organized fun and relaxing events for the dorm community. Devised community outreach programs within Charlottesville
  • Nominated for resident of the month for November & March by the National Residence Hall Honorarium UVA

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Masters Capstone

[Strategic Storytelling Capstone]

  • Analyzed NLP emotion scores and various other TV show genre trends and metrics to maximize viewership
  • Developed an interactive dashboard visualizing key insights for creators, network executives, and media analysts
  • Full Paper

Genius API & Apple Music Listening History(Personal Project) - Github Repo

  • Using the Genius API, we can analyze the lyrical complexity of the most popular songs on Genius.com
  • Has your Apple Music Replay or Spotify Wrapped not given you the deep graphical insights you want? No worries!
  • Attained CSVs & JSONs from Apple containing my personal library & listening history. Then, graphed insights and performed predictive analysis on the data artistMonthly Forecast Diversity Chart

Large Language Model for Spoiler Free Reading

  • Constructed an LLM that can give the reader spoiler-free information about a novel when given a question about the Harry Potter Series
  • Fine-tuned Qwen and LLaMA models on Harry Potter text and GPT-4o generated question-response pairs for more accurate model outputs

LLM Paper

Full Paper

Convolutional Neural Network Car Brand Classification

  • Coded a CNN that, given an image of a car, identifies the car brand trained on 4500+ images of cars of the Top 50 US brands.
  • Performed Clustering to filter out non-car images.
  • Github Repo

A Phenomenological Examination of Vocal Similarity among Siblings: Investigating the Mechanisms and Implications

  • Analyzed data on vocal frequency and timbre to determine linguistic similarities and differences between siblings
  • Undergraduate Research

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