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Rachel Kwan

Silver Spring,MD

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Archival Research Intern

National Archives And Records Administration
04.2023 - Current
  • Compiles military records for veterans to support PTSD/Agent Orange disability claims.
  • Shadows experienced researchers and archivists to gain practical experience in research methodologies.


Registered Behavior Technician

Behavior Frontiers
10.2022 - Current
  • Delivered over 600 hours of 1:1 ABA therapy to 8+ clients diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  • Proficiently uses data collection software to record and analyze client progress, averaging 15 daily data entries.
  • Employs electronic data collection software for real-time analysis, resulting in a 20% increase in effectiveness of therapy strategies through prompt adjustments.
  • Observes, monitored and recorded problem behaviors through behavior-consequence data collection, graphs, and anecdotal notes


Undergraduate Research Assistant

FIRE UMD
07.2020 - 11.2021
  • Observed a cohort of 30+ participants, ensuring a diverse and representative sample for the study
  • Transcribed over 50 hours of audio recordings
  • Proficiently analyzed behavioral data using statistical R software, contributing to project findings with quantifiable results.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Science/Social Data Science

University of Maryland
College Park, MD
05.2024

Skills

  • Python
  • R Software
  • SQL
  • Pandas
  • Data Visualization/Analysis
  • Git
  • Tableu
  • HTML
  • Machine Learning/ AI
  • AWS/Cloud Computing (Beginner)

Projects

Crime Data Analytics

  • Analyzed Montgomery County crime database, yielding pattern analysis tools with potential to achieve a 15% reduction in crime rates
  • Reduced dataset from 100,000+ records to under 1,000 data points, achieving a 99% volume reduction for analysis
  • Leveraged complex table relationships using MySQL to create five essential views/queries, enhancing query performance by up to 40%


Machine Learning Model Development

  • Loaded and prepared datasets using Pandas, establishing the groundwork for analysis and modeling
  • Developed a linear SVM model for NLP, utilizing grid search to optimize the regularization parameter (C) and achieving a validation accuracy of 86.05%
  • Incorporated a Naive Bayes classifier for comparative analysis, exploring diverse modeling approaches that improved accuracy

Certification

  • Registered Behavior Technician
  • R Certification
  • CITI Social/Behavioral Research
  • Cloud Computing Foundations - A Cloud Guru

Relevant Coursework

Database Design/Modeling, Data Science Techniques, Object-Oriented Programming, Data Sources/Manipulation

Extracurricular

Sigma Psi Zeta, Inc., 2021-present 

  • Philanthropy/Fundraising Chair

Information Science Dean's Student Advisory Council, 2023-present

Timeline

Archival Research Intern

National Archives And Records Administration
04.2023 - Current

Registered Behavior Technician

Behavior Frontiers
10.2022 - Current

Undergraduate Research Assistant

FIRE UMD
07.2020 - 11.2021

Bachelor of Science - Information Science/Social Data Science

University of Maryland

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