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October 2023

From Egypt to the U.S.: What I Learned During my Data Internship Abroad

By |2023-10-12T13:05:43-07:00October 12th, 2023|Community Spotlight, International, Personal Stories|

From Egypt to the U.S.: What I Learned During My Data Internship Abroad Hello! I'm Dina Teilab from Egypt, where I was born and raised. With a strong background in data, I've been a business analyst for six years. This past summer, I had the opportunity to visit the U.S. as part [...]

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August 2023

Data Literacy for Kids!

By |2023-08-08T14:35:46-07:00August 8th, 2023|Community Spotlight, Personal Stories, Resources|

Data Literacy for Kids! Guest Author: Kathleen Yu Today's guest author is Kathleen Yu, a high school senior from Houston, Texas. She's a data literacy advocate and recently published the book Data Literacy for Kids in the hopes of spreading data literacy among younger students and inspire them to understand, use and [...]

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April 2023

How Making Data Physical Could Help Us Care for the Planet

By |2023-04-21T08:08:48-07:00April 21st, 2023|Personal Stories|

How Making Data Physical Could Help Us Care for the Planet In celebration of World Earth Day, we have a special guest post by data journalist Miriam Quick. This story was originally published in Nightingale. The city of Sheffield, UK, has long had a reputation for appalling air quality. Dominated by [...]

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October 2021

A Data Journey Through Breast Cancer

By |2021-10-20T13:15:53-07:00October 20th, 2021|Personal Stories|

A Data Journey Through Breast Cancer In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I wanted to share some of my personal journey with breast cancer and how data impacted my experience. August 6th, 2019 would become a date that I would never forget. I had just pulled into the parking garage at Amazon [...]

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March 2021

Handmade in Punjab: embroidered data in phulkaris

By |2021-03-30T15:05:40-07:00March 29th, 2021|Personal Stories, Social Justice|

Handmade in Punjab: embroidered data in phulkaris The following Women's History Month guest blog post was written by Sana Ahmed Wilder. Sana is a data visualizer specializing in building capacity of federal and state education agencies. She analyzes and communicates student data using modern visualization and storytelling techniques. Sana lives in [...]

Pivot Into a Data Career: How My Journey Can Help You Start Yours

By |2021-03-25T14:57:10-07:00March 25th, 2021|Personal Stories, Uncategorized|

Pivot Into a Data Career: How My Journey Can Help You Start Yours Alli Torban is a contributor to Data Literacy LLC. She’s an Information Design Consultant based in Washington, D.C. and hosts the podcast Data Viz Today. Alli specializes in designing data visualizations for industry experts to help get their work seen [...]

What a Data Scientist Looks Like

By |2021-03-08T16:25:35-07:00March 8th, 2021|Personal Stories, Social Justice|

The following International Women's Day guest blog post was written by Inna Saboshchuk, PhD. Inna is a senior data product manager in the retail industry in NYC.  She previously worked as a data scientist for a SaaS company which uses AI to automate and optimize retail processes. Additionally she taught psychology courses at [...]