Education

Experience

New Mexico Department of Health - GIS Epidemiologist

April 2020 - December 2021

  • initially developed an R program that re-compiles messy address records and outputs clean data that enhances the match rate of geocoding.
  • supported the COVID-19 response for much of 2020, conducting case investigations
  • produced the source data-sets, and developed back-end configuration and definition files for visualizations on our data-portal
  • built an interactive map displaying various sources of environmental contamination and active toxic releases

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department - Epidemiologist

January 2019 - March 2020

  • aggregated diparitly formatted data for death, birth, and hospitalizations across years
  • researched and applied coding for opioid related outcomes to these data
  • compiled a visualization profile, and presented the findings to the local board of health and at a national conference.
  • served as the department lead for GIS analysis, and produced a vast repository of maps for the web.
  • improved the aesthetics and accuracy for mapping templates, utilizing advanced manipulation techniques.
  • produced a report on child health and presented this work to the county workgroup and legislature, informing the decision process for new programs.
  • coded R programs to produce unique visualizations for small area analysis, guiding the arc of health equity initiatives and the health issues prioritized.

Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation - Data Analyst

May 2018 - August 2018

  • developed a program which re-coded, formatted, and cleaned a base survey data-set focused on HIV medication preferences and stigmas for key populations
  • designed and carried out a secondary analysis using multi-nomial logistic regression, providing sociological guidance for the planned implementation of new medications and distribution sites.

Kent County Health Department - Surveillance Intern

May 2018 - August 2018

  • conduced fieldwork for the collection and analyses of key mosquito species
  • compiled a collection of evidence-based practices for targeting collecion
  • conducted a geospatial analysis based upon West Nile infection clustering, and ecological factors
  • develop a predictive spatial model outlining the intersection of humans and transmission prone regions
  • provided the department with a detailed map which has informed the trap placements

Cannonsburg Ski Area - Snow-Sports Director

August 2017 - January 2019

  • following 5 seasons of instructing, I spent two seasons directing the snow-sports program
  • during this time I managed the snow-sports school, field trips, the adult race league, and the youth program
  • refined the educational material and facilitated the training of instructors for the snow-sports school and youth program,
  • served as the customer interface for several departments, and provided on-the-ground oversight and direction for operations
  • worked directly with the owner to reduce inefficiencies, enhance the customer experience, and create a healthy work environment.

Meijer - Cart Pusher

Summer 2012

    Skills

    SAS
    5 / 5
    ArcGIS
    5 / 5
    Python
    4 / 5
    Remote Sensing
    4 / 5
    Data Visualization
    4 / 5
    Jupyter
    4 / 5
    R
    4 / 5
    SQL
    4 / 5
    Git
    3 / 5
    Linux
    3 / 5
    Bash
    3 / 5
    Leaflet
    3 / 5
    QGIS
    3 / 5
    HTML + CSS
    2 / 5
    Javascript
    2 / 5
    Node.JS
    2 / 5
    React
    1 / 5