Work Experience

Education

2025 (expected). Columbia University, Ph.D., Sociology.

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow
Dissertation: "Places, Technologies, & Transitions: Contested Regulation in Urban Development & the Criminal Legal System"
Committee: Bruce Western (chair), Gil Eyal, Josh Whitford

2023. Columbia University, M.Phil., Sociology.

2021. Columbia University, M.A., Sociology.

2016. Brown University, Sc.B., Social Analysis and Research.

Magna cum Laude, Departmental Honors
Thesis: "Policing Gentrification: An Exploratory Analysis of Stop-and-Frisk and Income Disparity in Brooklyn, NYC"
Advisors: Jordan T. Camp, Rachel Franklin, Margot Jackson

Full-Time Employment


2024-Pres. Vera Institute of Justice, Senior Data Scientist.


2019-Pres. Columbia University, Research Fellow & Ph.D. Candidate.


2015-2019. Digitas, Senior Data Scientist.


Research Experience


2023-Pres. Incite, Researcher. 


2020-Pres. Astoria Public Safety Research Team, Volunteer Researcher.


2020-2022. Columbia Justice Lab, Research Fellow.


2017-2022. Data for Black Lives, Volunteer Researcher.


2021-2022. Boston University Department of Sociology, Graduate Research Assistant.


2018-2019. ACLU of Massachusetts, Data Scientist (Pro Bono).


2013-2016. Brown University, Research Assistant. 


2012. City of Boston, William Ward Public Service Fellow.


Journalism & Media Experience


2014-2015. TechTarget, Editorial Assistant & Data Consultant. 

2012-2015. Brown Motion Pictures, Head of Production

2013-2014. Brown Political Review, Media Board Content Creator

2014. Boston Neighborhood Network Television, Video Production Intern

Skills

Coding: R, Python, Apache Spark (PySpark), SQL, Stata, SPSS, Javascript (D3.js), HTML, CSS

Technical: ArcGIS, QGIS, Excel, Tableau, Shiny, AWS (EC2 & S3), GCP, Linux, LaTeX, Jira, Git, NVivo, Atlas.ti

Research: Statistical Analysis, Data Cleaning, Writing, Editing, Interviewing, Causal Analysis, Archival Analysis, Network Analysis, Natural Language Processing, FOIA Requests

Language: Spanish (proficient)

Datasets: Census, ACS, NYC OpenData (Arrests, 311/911, DOB, DCP), SafeGraph, Advan, CrowdTangle, comScore, Acxiom