Originally I am from Alaska but have lived in the San Francisco Bay area for almost 20 years. I've spent a lot of the past 5 years teaching people machine learning and Python while working at a mainstream bootcamp-type school. More recently I managed data science at a mobile gaming analytics startup from a hands-on role building prototype applications and deploying machine learning models at scale. Since the beginning of 2020, I've been consulting and contracting as a data scientist for a variety of projects related to traditional supervised learning, NLP, and working with students 1:1 from beginner to advanced ML topics.

When it comes to my professional interests, my favorite topics include machine learning, Python, and data visualization. My ideal day consists of learning something new, building ideas from the ground up in a Jupyter Notebook, and sharing when I've learned with others.

Currently, I'm working on:

• Regularly updated Jupyter notebooks for learning ML and Data Science
• A GPT2 model that generates terrible insults
• Cleaning up a Django project that hosts a topic model about the compendium of rap music
• Fun experiments with ML and magenta.js
• Building an app to help life-sciences people find weather anomalies

Because I'm an independent contractor/consultant, my income is dependent on how much time I can bill. It means that I have to be mindful of how much free time I spend creating fun projects, open training sessions, and video content that are essentially "off the books." Sponsorship allows me a larger window of time per month to say "yes" to projects with an educational end-goal in mind to share on Github!