My Story
Personal Profile
Hello! I am actively looking for an internship or full time position relating to data science and machine learning roles.
Incoming Masters of Data Science Candidate at John Hopkins University at the Whiting School of Engineering. I am excited to continue my education and take advanced courses in data science and machine learning. I plan to attend part-time while working full time at my future job.
Recently graduated from the University of California San Diego majoring in Cognitive Science Specializing in Machine Learning and Neural Computation BS.
At UCSD I was President and Founder of Cognoscere, a pre-professional student organization created at UCSD. The organization created an online community of students seeking to network and collaborate on projects related to data science, machine learning and computer science. I successfully expanded the organization from 8 members to 42 members by recruiting new members, outreaching students from across multiple departments. As president, I successfully cultivated working relationships with companies for my organization to network and begin projects with. During my time within the organization I personally acquired projects opportunities for our members to work on, including Dragonchain within their social media site Den.Social, assistance debugging and writing a tutorial for Neurosky Headsets within the Cognitive Science Department at UCSD, and most recently with Eric Busboom owner and proprietor of Civic Knowledge and San Diego Data Library.
I am currently working as the project manager for a project looking at SEZ mapping with Eric Busboom, owner and proprietor of Civic Knowledge and San Diego Data Library. Using geo-spatial mapping and regression we are seeking to make inferences of economic growth as it correlates to nighttime light intensity. Nighttime lights should serve as a proxy for economic activity to study the effects of special economic zones.
I am motivated and driven to continue to further my education and spend my free time working on passion projects, networking with people I admire in the industry, taking coursera classes to expand my professional skills.
Experience
What I’ve Done
San Diego Regional Data Library
Data Science Intern
June 2021 - December 2021
● Established client objectives and intention of project
● Perform random forest regression analysis to find correlation for SEZ zones economic data and light time, using the growth rate of luminosity as a the independent variable
● Experience with experimentation and data exploration to determine feature importance.
● Made data-driven recommendations based on experiment results, and communicating these to stakeholders with various levels of technical knowledge ❖ Project: Special Economic Zones Policy Recommendations for Charter Cities Institute ➢ Github: https://github.com/sandiegodata-projects/chartercitiesinstitute.org-sez
Dragonchain Den.Social
Python Developer - Project Manager
January 2021 - June 2021
● Coordinated meetings to collaborate with developers and CEO of Dragonchain.
● Evaluated creative approaches to integrate machine learning methods into existing architecture.
● Work cross-functionally to define problem statement, create long term product vision, and build/apply machine learning models when appropriate
● Implemented NLTK packages for natural language processing and sentiment analysis.
● Performed exploratory data analysis to classify trends and determine possible features for user interface.
❖ Project: Sentiment Score Analysis for Den.Social User Comments
University of California, San Diego
Full Time Student
May 2016 - June 2021
Attended Miracosta College for transfer coursework into an Engineering Major at the university. Completed all pre-engineering prerequisites including mathematics, calculus, physics, linear algebra, and discrete mathematics. Took additional electives in graphic design, adobe illustrator, photoshop and adobe flash.
Acquired Associates in Mathematics and Science.
Accepted to UCSD for double major in Nanoengineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering as well as for Cognitive Science : Machine Learning and Neural Computation.
Acquired BS in Cognitive Science: Machine Learning And Neural Computation.
Starbucks
Barista
September 2013 - May 2015
• Greet customers as they arrive at the Starbucks outlet and inquire about their orders.
• Take orders and punch them in the coffee shop database.
• Weighed, ground and packed coffee per customer orders.
• Provided customers with product details such as coffee blends and preparation descriptions.
Educational History
September 2018 - June 2021
University of California, San Diego
BS Cognitive Science Specializing in Machine Learning and Neural Computation
January 2015 - June 2018
Miracosta College
Skills
Programming Languages
Python: Intermediate
Pandas, Numpy, SciKit-Learn, SciPy
Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, NTLK
Jupyter Lab and Notebooks
Matlab, Java , JSON: Beginner
Data Wrangling
SQL: Intermediate
Beginner level understanding. Have completed certifications on SQL through coursera and Datacamp.
Excel: Intermediate
Machine Learning Algorithms
Supervised Algorithms:
● Linear Regression.
● Logistic Regression.
● Decision Tree
● SVM.
● Naive Bayes
● kNN
● Random Forest.
Unsupervised Algorithms:
● K-Means.
● Spectral Clustering
● Mixture of Gaussians Genetic Algorithms
● Particle Swarm Optimization
● Simulated Annealing
Leadership
Founded and led a data science and machine learning Student Organization.
Led and organized meetings for projects for Dragonchain meetings.
Project Manager for Charter Cities Institute Proeject for the SEZ Economic Growth project.
Organized meetings, recruited new members, led tutorials on how to use the notebook for the project.
Data Visualization
Python: Beginner
Made basic plots (lineplots, histograms, violinplots, heatmaps) with,
Plotly, Seaborn, Matplotliib
Mathematics
Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Vector Calculus, Probability & Statistics
Communication
Excellent communicator who has the ability to discuss complex technical methods in easy to understand high level explanations.
Teamwork
Thrives on teamwork. Excellent and leading in the avenues where needed, and collaborating and building together when needed. Multi-faceted, dynamic and adaptative to the needs of the job.