CV
Experience
- Dec 2019 ~ Apr 2020: Senior Data Analyst
Bernie Sanders for President- Used SQL and R to determine strategic opportunities in the campaign’s SMS recruitment program - increasing conversion rates by 18%.
- Automated and optimized processes that allowed us to scale a historically large program - sending over 100 million texts and recruiting for 20,000 events.
- Jul 2019 ~ Nov 2019: Operations Financial Analyst
Amazon.com- Assisted in annual operational planning process, variance analysis against other facilities in the Amazon network to drive cost-savings at SAT2 Fulfillment Center in San Marcos, TX.
- Conducted ad-hoc analyses using SQL and set up analytic pipelines to drive continuous improvement across the warehouse operation. Managed month-end close processes for fixed and variable cost centers.
- Sept 2018 ~ Jun 2019: Research Assistant
Computational Policy Lab- Conducted statistical analysis in R and Python, filing freedom of information act (FOIA) requests, maintaining relationships with government stakeholders on projects related to pre-trial risk assessments, fines and fees assessed in the criminal justice system under Prof. Sharad Goel.
- Summer 2018: Summer Law Clerk
Eviction Defense Collaborative- Conducting client intake interviews, writing motions and stays for eviction lawsuits.
- Dec 2017 ~ Feb 2018: Research Assistant
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, under professor Phillip Lipscy- Japanese-English translation, data analysis in R.
Education
Stanford University
B.A. Sociology, conferred with Honors * senior honors thesis entitled “The Persistence of Detention as Punishment for Failure to Pay Fines: A Case Study in El Paso, TX”
Relevant Coursework:
Qualitative Research Methodology
Skills
- R
- SQL
- Git
- Python - SciPy, NumPy, NetworkX
- HTML / CSS
- Java
- C++
- Tableau, CartoDB
- FOIA requests
- Building webapps
- Data visualization in plot.ly, shiny
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Languages
English (native)
Japanese (native)
Clips
100 Years of Hoover: A History of Stanford’s Decades-Long Debate over the Hoover Institution
Changes To State’s Bail Reform Bill Turn Supporters Into Opponents
Bail Reform Bill Considered by California’s Legislature
Hillary Clinton on Technology, Democracy, and “A New Kind of Cold War”
Christmas Tree Lane: Celebrating the Holidays in Palo Alto for 76 years
Service and leadership
East Palo Alto Stanford Academy - Mentor / Tutor
National Lawyers Guild Legal Observer
Led Alternative Spring Break trip at Stanford on gentrification in the Bay Area & co-taught student-initiated course course
Co-created, taught student-initiated course for 2 years on critically considering texts in the Western Canon, to run alongside Stanford’s Great Books program