My first PyOhio introduced me to accessible Python talks, welcoming community spaces, and new professional connections. I left Cleveland with new ideas to explore and more confidence in my future as a Python developer.

This week, I stepped away from data science tools to strengthen a core Python skill: object-oriented programming. I applied what I learned by building a "complete" Blackjack game and discovered why planning object relationships early matters.  

This post reflects on volunteering with MCWT Camp Infinity, reconnecting with the classroom, and helping students explore the joy of coding through Scratch, Brython, and robots.

This post is a short update on my summer focus: preparing for the fall STEM career fair, strengthening my portfolio, and turning my current learning plan into clearer evidence of my data science skills.

This post reflects on my first independent Power BI dashboard project and what I learned while building it. Using a Great British Bake Off dataset, I practiced turning raw data into an interactive report while learning how much dashboards depend on cleaning, modeling, design, and revision.

This capstone was one of my proudest projects, not because it went perfectly, but because it taught me so much through feedback, mistakes, and revision. Over the semester, I worked through the full process of building a data science project, from choosing a research question to cleaning data, building models, evaluating results, and creating a final report. This post is a behind-the-scenes reflection on what I built, what I struggled with, and what I learned along the way. In this post:     - Why This Capstone Mattered     - Choosing the Topic: From Interest to Research Question     - Data Cleaning Process     - Building the Models     - Learning How to Evaluate Results     - Turning Assignments into a Final Report     - Final Reflection: What I Learned Why This Capstone Mattered In my final capstone for my data science bachelor’s degree, I researched the connection between pre-existing conditions, simple demographic...