Karen Lorena Figueroa Chilito
Teaching Assistant, Instructor and Data Science Consultant @Correlation One
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WORK HISTORY
Teaching Assistant, Instructor and Data Science Consultant @Correlation One
US
Programs: Data Science for All - Colombia (2020 – 2021), DS4A Women (2022, 2023), Data Analytics (2023) • After completing the Data Science for All program (first iteration in Colombia), earned the possibility to work for Correlation One as a Teaching Assistant for the second iteration. • Teaching assistant for multiple versions of the Data Science for All program: DS4A-2.0, DS4A 3.0, DS4A 4.0, DS4A 50••••••21), helping over people to get their certificate. • Led and managed around 100 successful Data Science projects with immediate impact on the public and private sector. Some of the best projects: Project 80, Project 56, Project 51, Project 81. • Taught live remote classes to hundreds of students on: NLP covering basic and intermediate concepts: Tokenization, stop words, n-grams; using NLTK, spaCy, wordcloud, scikit-Learn, data visualization, EDA, and data cleaning in Python; using pandas, Matplotlib, and seaborn. As well, databases and SQL language- Programs: Anaplan for All program- Version 1.0 (2021), 2.0 (2021), 3.0 (2022) • Earned the Anaplan model builder certificate (L1, L2, The Anaplan Way) in less than three weeks to be able to be a Teaching assistant for the first iteration for the Anaplan for All program. • Trained and helped over 800 people to obtain their Anaplan model building certification (L1, L2, The Anaplan Way) with a deep focus on FP & A and Supply Chain modeling. • Built Anaplan models and created model building challenges for students. • Gave one-on-one sessions to students to help certify them as Anaplan Model Builders. • Taught live remote classes about formulas, functions, and the specific Anaplan syntax. Distinction: Scored as the best Teaching Assistant for the Anaplan for All program.
EDUCATION
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental and Global Health
The University of Texas at Austin
Postgraduate Degree, Data Science and Business Analytics
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)
Bachelor of Science - BS, Economics
The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Science - MS, Data Science
ABOUT KAREN LORENA FIGUEROA CHILITO
I am a passionate and ambitious human who\'s always eager to learn. I hold a Master\'s degree in Data Science from the University of Texas at Austin, an accomplishment made possible through the collaborative efforts of the esteemed Computer Science and Statistics departments. Additionally, I possess a bachelor\'s degree in Economics from the National University of Colombia, which has endowed me with a well-rounded understanding of economic principles. Currently, I am wholeheartedly immersed in pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In my doctoral research, I actively employ advanced Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) techniques to investigate Vector-Borne Diseases. By utilizing these cutting-edge methodologies, I strive to make a meaningful and positive contribution to the world. Do we share similar interests? Let\'s connect!
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