My Résumé

Evaluation Analyst II

Jul 2021 – Present

Lead Program Evaluator for the Multilingual Education and the Creative Learning Initiative Programs

• •Managing an Evaluation Analyst I employee
• •Managing and cleaning large data tables
• •Working with assistant superintendents, executive level directors and program managers to: determine evaluation plans, measure and collect data (creation of rubrics, scorecards, surveys, case study designs, etc.), present findings to stakeholders, collaborate on recommendations for program improvement
• •Aid in data analysis for the Superintendents' scorecard to assess strategic plan progress
• •Respond to data requests from the Board of Trustees
• •Working with the Director of Management Information Systems to ensure data needs are met

Evaluation Analyst I

Jul 2019 – Jul 2021

• •Transformed program dilemmas into research questions, utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods to pinpoint program pains and unpack achievements
• •Managed, manipulated, and analyzed large and diverse data tables, providing actionable insights to stakeholders via contextual, data-driven stories, resulting in increased program efficiency and grant support

Extern Program Evaluator

Capacity Catalyst offers a competitive externship matching advanced students and early career professionals with non profits and social entrepreneurs who have a need for research evaluation & data analysis. At Meals on Wheels Central Texas, I designed a program evaluation that shed light on the nuances of Meals on Wheels clients and how these different client types experience services.

• •Consulted to design and conduct a mixed-methods research project in under 3 months
• •Performed statistical analyses unpacking discrepancies in program effectiveness amongst clients, resulting in strategic service administration and providing evidence of superiority over competitors

Intern in Research & Evaluation

Advisor: Alison Bentley, PhD, Director of Data Evaluation - Success by Six Team

• •Managed, cleaned and compiled longitudinal quantitative data
• •Performed statistical analyses to model trajectories, pinpoint co-varying variables and link predictor and outcome variables
• •Managed, cleaned and compiled longitudinal data on over 1,400 people from several data sets in Excel and R
• •Analyzed scores over time from 1,400 people to model trajectories, pinpoint co-varying variables and link predictor and outcome variables

Graduate Research Assistant

Advisor: Deborah Jacobvitz, PhD, Director of The School of Human Ecology

• •Developed several lines of primary longitudinal research and served as co-principal investigator on an interventionary research study
• •Designed research methodology, managing data and analyzing complex statistical models
• •Presented original research at national & international research conferences and published in a peer-reviewed empirical journal
• •Managed research lab processes and multidisciplinary research partnerships

Graduate Student

Department of Human Development & Family Science - Doctoral Program. Dissertation: The Maternal Birth Experience & Infant Attachment: A Mixed Methods Study. Master's Thesis: Parents' Joint Attachment & Caregiving: The Moderating Role of Marital Quality

Teacher Assistant

• •Attended each lecture and communicated directly with undergraduate students
• •Collaborated with professors to create scoring rubrics and graded materials
• •Maintained course webpages through the Canvas Network