My Journey

Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, I have spent my adult life living in various parts of the United States. I attended Princeton University in New Jersey and then moved to Miami to serve as a Teach for America corps member. Later, I moved to San Francisco to continue my work in education while shifting my focus to data at the KIPP Foundation, which supports the largest charter school network in the country, KIPP Schools. I subsequently completed my MBA at the Wharton School in Philadelphia. Since then, I have worked remotely in roles at Common Sense Growth and Scale AI/Outlier, first from North Dakota and now from Redlands, California, outside Los Angeles.

Across all these moves, I’ve found that each place—from Santa Fe to Redlands—has influenced my perspective on the intersection of geography, data, and community impact, sparking my interest in how spatial data can inform real-world decision-making. Consequently, I am currently enrolled as an MGIS candidate at the University of Redlands and pursuing a career in the GIS industry.