Maura Carter
San Francisco Bay Area
Summary
Accomplished statistician with expertise in statistical analysis and data visualization, formerly at IDEA Public Schools. Spearheaded initiatives that improved student performance and retention, saving $300,000. Proficient in R, Python, and project management, with strong communication skills. Recognized for transforming data into strategic insights, fostering long-term partnerships, and enhancing organizational decision-making.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Statistician, Research & Analytics Team
IDEA Public Schools
Weslaco
03.2021 - 03.2025
- Leveraged statistical analysis to identify key drivers for student performance and teacher retention, informing the development of a teacher development program for a 9.6M grant that resulted in increased test scores and retention while simultaneously saving the organization an estimated $300,000 in student absence and recruitment costs.
- Spearheaded a multi-year teacher hiring study by leading statistical modeling, including regression and job analysis, developing pre-hire selection measures that improved student performance and teacher retention, and saved recruitment costs; managed project deadlines and accountability through leadership, communication, and Wrike project management.
- Conducted statistical analyses and modeling to create deliverables (dashboards, Power Points, reports, and visualizations) and recommendations based on partner needs so they can make timely, data-driven organizational decisions at the C-suite level. Due to expert, reliable, impactful, insightful, and accurate recommendations, initial partnerships have evolved into long standing, year-over-year collaborations.
- Gathered and translated stakeholder needs into clear, formal data requirements, delivering results within short-term deadlines.
- Synthesized large volumes of data to reveal critical, big-picture insights and inform business strategy.
- Managed feedback cycles to rapidly iterate and refine deliverables, ensuring high stakeholder satisfaction.
Team Leader, Keep La Puerta Public
08.2019 - 12.2022
- For over 3 years, increased community awareness and engagement of public land use and zonation concerns through various channels, including organizing and hosting publicity activities, contacting stakeholders, and direct outreach.
- Gathered community interest by soliciting over 100 community members to attend and speak at a Commission Meeting, resulting in the reversal of a proposal to remove park-space and well-established trees from public land.
Lecturer, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Baskin School of Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Developed curriculum and taught statistics to 530 students. Received outstanding evaluations for excellent teaching of complex, technical material.
- Increased student engagement via synchronous remote statistics instruction, by authoring a personalized and accessible curriculum for undergraduate STEM and non-STEM majors.
Science Mentor Volunteer, W.A.T.C.H. Program
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Santa Cruz
09.2018 - 06.2020
- Expanded S.T.E.M. outreach by teaching research, experimental design, statistics, and data analysis to underserved high school populations, for year-long marine science research field projects at the Younger Lagoon with the Seymour Marine Center.
Program Director and Mathematics Instructor
Math Off the Books
Charlotte
10.2008 - 12.2018
- Directed and implemented programs, procured funding, developed partnerships while overseeing reporting and communication with key stakeholders.
- Ensured the programs & Math Camps were on time and within budget.
- Provided organizational strategy and roadmap for community outreach for STEM, resulting in the growth of the organization, vision, client-base, and Math Camps, as well as increased mathematics literacy for students.
Community Volunteer Speaker & Trainer
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Created safer campuses and awareness of safety concerns, by developing a curriculum and training materials & implementing training activities to large audiences of students across multiple large university campuses. Evoked buy-in from participants by tailoring the training materials to the audience.
Education
M.S. - Statistics & Data Science
California State University East Bay
Hayward, CAM.N.A. - Nonprofit Management
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, INB.A. - Psychology
Scripps College of The Claremont Colleges
Claremont, CASkills
- R and SAS
- SQL and Python
- OpenCV and Keras
- GitHub and Tableau
- Dplyr and Tidyverse
- Statistical analysis
- Machine learning and deep learning
- Neural networks and image processing
- Object detection and visual recognition
- Data visualization techniques
- Exploratory data analysis
- Data cleaning and wrangling
- Natural language processing
- Graphs, charts, and heatmaps
- Public speaking and presentation skills
- Collegiate teaching and written communication
- Oral communication and networking
- Project management tools
- Collaborative software solutions
Websites
Certifications Languages Interests
- Actuary Accelerator Community
- German Language
- Scuba Diving PADI Advanced Certification
- Piano Instructor
Volunteer And Leadership
- Team Leader, Keep La Puerta Public, 08/19, 12/22, For over 3 years, increased community awareness and engagement of public land use and zonation concerns through various channels, including organizing and hosting publicity activities, contacting stakeholders, and direct outreach., Gathered community interest by soliciting over 100 community members to attend and speak at a Commission Meeting, resulting in the reversal of a proposal to remove park-space and well-established trees from public land.
- Community Volunteer Speaker & Trainer, Rape Abuse Incest National Network, 2012, 2016, Created safer campuses and awareness of safety concerns, by developing a curriculum and training materials & implementing training activities to large audiences of students across multiple large university campuses. Evoked buy-in from participants by tailoring the training materials to the audience.
Coursework
AI Skills Development, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, 05/25, 12/25, Programming Structure and Logic, Machine Learning Computation, Computer Vision, Built sequential convolutional neural network to predict letter classifications from the MNIST dataset with 91% accuracy.
Languages
German
Elementary
Certification
- PADI Advanced Open Water Scuba Diving
Timeline
Statistician, Research & Analytics Team
IDEA Public Schools
03.2021 - 03.2025
Lecturer, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Baskin School of Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz
03.2020 - 08.2020
Team Leader, Keep La Puerta Public
08.2019 - 12.2022
Science Mentor Volunteer, W.A.T.C.H. Program
Monterey Bay Aquarium
09.2018 - 06.2020
Community Volunteer Speaker & Trainer
01.2012 - 01.2016
Program Director and Mathematics Instructor
Math Off the Books
10.2008 - 12.2018
M.S. - Statistics & Data Science
California State University East Bay
M.N.A. - Nonprofit Management
University of Notre Dame
B.A. - Psychology
Scripps College of The Claremont Colleges