Academic Background

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Education

Berea College

Expected May 2027

Bachelor's of Science (B.S.) — Quantitative Economics (Mathematics)

Bachelor's of Arts (B.A.) — Mathematics

Minor: Computer Science

Selected Coursework

Econometrics I Time Series Econometrics Applied Statistics Data Structures & Algorithms Software Design & Implementation Calculus I Game Theory Intermediate Microeconomics Intermediate Macroeconomics

Work Experience

Economics Teaching Assistant

Economics & Business Department · Berea College

Jan 2025 – Present

Mentored 30+ students in economic modeling, applied statistics, and econometrics. Guided students in regression analysis, data cleaning, visualization, and interpretation using STATA and R while providing structured feedback on analytical work.

Econometrics Statistical Analysis R & STATA

Writing Consultant

Writing Resources · Berea College

May 2024 – May 2025

Supported 1000+ students across disciplines with academic writing, research structure, argument development, and clarity. Delivered individualized feedback to improve critical thinking and written communication.

Academic Writing Critical Thinking Mentorship

Research Experience

Research Intern

Data Science for the Public Good Program · Virginia Tech

May 2025 – Aug 2025

Analyzed 3M+ county level cost of living records across 133 Virginia counties using R, Census APIs, policy datasets, and statistical models.
Built and deployed an interactive RShiny dashboard using R, Leaflet, and Plotly to provide real time estimates by family structure for all Virginia counties.
Cleaned, merged, and engineered multi source datasets across housing, food, transportation, healthcare, and wages to evaluate affordability patterns.

Dashboard GitHub repo

R RShiny APIs Policy Analytics

Determinants of Remittance Outflows from the U.S.

Empirical Research Project · Econometrics

Sep 2025

Analyzed remittance outflows from the United States to 97 recipient countries using a gravity-style regression model.
Built models step by step, adding economic, demographic, and cost-related controls to test robustness.
Estimated the strongest determinants affecting remittance volumes and evaluated model fit.

View paper

Gravity Model Regression Analysis Model Robustness Cross-country Data

More research

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Projects

ML Explorer

Browser-based interactive guide to machine learning, tune hyperparameters, watch decision boundaries shift in real time, and build intuition across supervised, unsupervised, and probabilistic methods.

Live App Github Repo

Python Machine Learning

Virginia Cost of Living Dashboard

Interactive RShiny dashboard that estimates (and visualizes) county-level cost of living across all Virginia counties by family structure and demographics.

Live Dashboard Github Repo

R RShiny Data Analysis Leaflet

Global GDP Dashboard

An interactive dashboard that visualizes global GDP data to allow users to see countries ranked against 57 real-world economies, and compare nominal vs. real GDP and per capita living standards through interactive charts.

Live App Github Repo

Python Streamlit Plotly

Leadership & Involvement

Berea Economics & Data Science Association (BEDSA)

President · Jan 2026 – Present

Founded and lead a student organization at Berea College that promotes applied learning in economics and data science through workshops, projects, and peer collaboration focused on real-world problems.

Leadership Economics Data Science Community Building

Afghan Scholars Academy (ASA)

Founder & President · Feb 2024 – Present

Nonprofit providing free pre-college mentorship and educational programs for Afghan students, especially girls banned from formal education. Supported 4,000+ students since 2024.

Website

Leadership Program Delivery Strategy Mentorship

Stanford SERIS Scholar

School of Engineering · Jan 2025 – Aug 2025

Selected from a competitive pool of undergraduates across the U.S. for Stanford Engineering’s SERIS program to get a hands-on experience of graduate studies and research experiences at Stanford.

Research Exposure Engineering Academic Development

Harvard Aspire Leadership Program

Aspire Institute · 2024 Cohort

Leadership and professional development program for first-generation college students with HBS-style coursework in project management, data analytics, and leadership.

Success story 2024 Year in Review

Leadership Project Management Data Analytics

Honors, Awards & Recognition