Experience
Seven research and policy roles in Texas and nationally. The symbols mark which strands of the work each role drew on.
Policy researchData analysisData infrastructure
- Sep. 2026 to presentAustin, TX
Texas 2036
Data and Systems Analyst, Data & Research- Work alongside researchers across the organization's policy areas, helping them find, shape, and explore the data behind their work
- Lead data infrastructure work for the Data & Research team
- Built a vetted inventory of statewide indicators, each traced to its source and linked to a data release calendar
- Building self-service data tools for policy staff, with a review step before anything is published
- Helped develop the organization's data privacy practices and built a tested de-identification tool for preparing sensitive files for public release
- Feb. 2026 to Sep. 2026Austin, TX
Texas Appleseed
Policy Analyst, Fair Financial Services Project- Designed and led a field study of data broker compliance with the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, and delivered invited written and oral testimony on its preliminary findings to the Texas House Committee on Delivery of Government Efficiency
- Built a statewide R pipeline on justice court debt claims in all 254 counties (2019 to 2025), joining court, Census, Federal Reserve, and Urban Institute data, and authored the forthcoming report on the results
- Produced precinct-level poster maps of debt lawsuits for community events across the Dallas-Fort Worth and Greater Houston regions
- Authored a public comment to the Texas Finance Commission on Chapter 398 rules, convened a five-organization coalition to co-sign it, and served as a 2026 Small Business Finance Forum panelist
- Built a verified catalog of Harris County court fines and fees, contributed the data and equity analysis for a memo on toll-debt collection, and ran an employer survey on earned wage access
- Oct. 2024 to Jan. 2026Austin, TX
E3 Alliance
Research Analyst (Manager)- Led analysis in R, Python, SAS, and SQL on administrative data covering every public-school student in Texas, from campus to district, county, and state levels, under FERPA-compliant controls
- Developed a methodology to quantify the return on investment across stages of the Central Texas education and workforce pipeline
- Produced legislator briefs customized to each member's district, plus one-pagers and committee testimony on school funding, accountability, and readiness during the 2025 session
- Partnered with legislative staff, advocates, and state and federal policymakers, including congressional offices in Washington, D.C.
- Jun. 2024 to Sep. 2024Remote
RAND Corporation
Adjunct Researcher and Summer Associate- Researched regulatory vulnerabilities in California's water and wastewater utilities through review of regulations, filings, and statutes
- Produced research and incident scenarios that informed a national-security war game convening senior federal officials
- Mar. 2023 to Sep. 2024Remote
Princeton University, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Graduate Research Assistant- First author of a working paper on how annexation and city limits shape social and political outcomes in Texas, with case studies of the city of Galveston and Cameron County
- Built a 600,000+ observation Census block-level geospatial dataset and statistical models linking political participation, demographics, climate risk, and municipal incorporation status
- Conducted field interviews as part of a four-person research team with local officials and residents in Brownsville and Harlingen
- Lead contact on a National Science Foundation-funded study, presented solo at the 2024 MPSA Annual Conference
- Jul. 2023 to May 2024Austin, TX
The University of Texas at Austin, Community and Regional Planning
Graduate Research Assistant- Co-authored a National Cooperative Highway Research Program technical memorandum on equitable transportation decision-making
- Built its equity-evaluation framework and analyzed 32 state and regional transportation agencies on finance, procurement, and Title VI compliance
- Jan. 2023 to Jul. 2023Remote
Code.org
State and Local Policy Fellow- Cataloged computer science course availability across schools in multiple states with a structured sampling design, contributing to the national State of Computer Science Education 2023 report
- Compiled and cleaned national enrollment and demographic data, and compared state legislative approaches to computer science education
Earlier roles
Teaching, higher education, and legislative work before graduate research.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, UT Austin Department of GovernmentAmerican Government (GOV 310L), Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. Supported a 1,000+ student course and managed about 150 students.
- Faculty Support Coordinator, Washington University in St. LouisDepartment of Education, 2020 to 2022. Supported five comparative institutional research projects and faculty searches.
- General Counsel Intern, NAEYCWashington, D.C., 2019. Researched nonprofit tax-status rules and built a filing system for 1,400+ contracts.
- Intern to the House Minority Leader, Missouri House of RepresentativesJefferson City, 2019. Tracked 1,000+ bills through committee and supported budget research.
- Program roles, Truman State UniversityCenter for International Education Abroad, 2017 to 2020. Administered 12 faculty-led study abroad programs.
Education
Both degrees from public universities.
- 2024M.A. in Government, The University of Texas at AustinAmerican Politics and Quantitative Methodology. Coursework in econometrics, causal inference, time series, experimental design, and machine learning. M.A. report on economic connectedness and voter turnout.
- 2020B.S. in Political Science and International Relations, Truman State UniversityPhi Beta Kappa. Minors in Spanish, Philosophy and Religion, and International Studies.