The Art of Statistics

“The numbers have no way of speaking for themselves. We speak for them. We imbue them with meaning.”
— Nate Silver, The Signal and the Noise

Data visualization is at the heart of my work.

My love of research stems from my capstone thesis. I performed a statistical and sentiment analysis using .r code on found Twitter data.

I collected 10 thousand tweets featuring #BLM and #BlackLivesMatter each day during the first month of protests in the summer of 2020.

'My_Dataset(10,000_Tweets,30_Days)'

An incredible amount of information sharing by activists and derisive political discourse needed to be analyzed. As most of us were sequestered at home, the mass movement around George Floyd’s death and against police brutality was a reminder of our nation’s true penchant for community.

Our drive is to show, to rise up in a singular voice and cry change.

The findings of my thesis might not have been revolutionary (though I did, however, introduce my thesis advisor to the BTS stan community, as they were incredibly active on the #BLM and #BlackLivesMatter Twitter). My creative presentation of the facts earned me an “A”, accolades from my professors, and my current career as a one-person comms shop for a research think tank.

Below you can view my recent report designs and data-vis from various data sets about electoral reform and women’s political representation.

 
  • Post Soviet Brief Cover

    Post Soviet Brief

    Thirty years ago, the world's largest country dissolved; The Soviet Union broke apart into 15 new and independent states, leaving a region comprised of some of the world's youngest nations and democracies to date. As part of RepresentWomen’s ongoing international research series, I designed this full region brief and country one-pagers.

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  • First Generation Representation Report

    This report presents an introduction to the topic of first-generation representation in America, the barriers first-generation women face as candidates, and how well-designed structural reforms can help to make the political process more accessible for all.

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  • Arab States Brief

    In RepresentWomen’s International Research Series, this second brief covers the Arab States. ICYDK, The U.A.E is one of just five other countries to have reached gender parity in their government. This research provides a deep dive into a complex region with diametric stances on women’s involvement in society, and the systems in place that benefit women's representation.

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  • RCV in NYC

    After the November general election, 61% of the New York City council seats will be filled by women, making it the first time in history the New York City council will have a woman majority. Thirty-one women (1 Republican, 30 Democrat) won their general races with twenty-five being women of color. I created the dashboards and interactive maps on this page.

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  • Disabled Women's Representation

    We've had male disabled Presidents, Senators, Congressmen. This report highlights the underrepresentation of the disabled community in our politics, specifically disabled women. The report's design considered the use of screen readers and the needs of those who are visually impaired or colorblind. I now fold this experience into all of my design concepts to be more accessible for the disabled.

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