Greater Chicago Area
As the math department chair at Little Wound High School, I worked in education system where student success is better predicted by number of bedrooms than willingness to work. I strive to address these systematic inequalities through data driven, research-based policy reform. While at the University of Chicago, I am gaining not only the toolkit, but the community input necessary to serve most effectively.
Most of my work at the Ounce consists of data analysis, visualization, and communicating those results to various stakeholders. I used python and R to analyze the SPED records of 30,000 infants and toddlers. This analysis uncovered trends in service delays and geographic disparities in SPED services. I recently used python to automate a large portion of The Ounce's data reporting process. This automator will save Ounce employees approximately 80 work hours each legislative session.
As a Policy and Advocacy Fellow, I created a parent and community outreach curriculum for Ryan Banks Academy, Chicago's first tuition free boarding school. Additionally, I curated Ryan Bank's donor database and was a key member of the group responsible for hiring new board members and treasurers. Finally, I worked with the state to ensure that Ryan Banks was complaint with various state and city accreditation requirements
I conducted fieldwork in Chicago Public Schools and recruit +100 Pre-K parents to enroll in M-PACT, a $1M three-year study measuring how behavioral tools affect childhood quantitative skill acquisition (Principal Investigators: Dr. Ariel Kalil and Dr. Susan Mayer).