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Ali Nix

Data Analytics

Master of Public Health (MPH), concentration in biostatistics

Complex Problem Solving

I am a Data Analyst with a Master of Public Health in Biostatistics and software development experience, combining data science, analytics, and healthcare expertise to turn complex data into actionable insights that improve lives.

Technical Skills
SQL|Python|Pandas|NumPy|Tableau|Matplotlib|Seaborn|Plotly|PostgreSQL|Knex.js|Firebase|Snowflake|AWS|BigQuery|JavaScript|TypeScript|React.js|Express.js|HTML5|CSS3|RESTful APIs|Excel|Google Sheets|SAS|VSCode|Git|GitHub|dbt|Jupyter Notebook|UI/UX
Experience

Freelance|Remote

Product UX Designer (7/2025 - present)

  • Led end-to-end UX design process for spiritual platform, delivering user personas, journey maps, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes for healers, mystics, and spiritual entrepreneurs.
  • Designed MVP user experience for social co-creation platform, conducting stakeholder interviews, analyzing user feedback, and creating user flows and wireframes for collaborative skill-sharing web application within a 2-week sprint.
  • Conducted UX audit and redesign of holistic health e-commerce app through competitor analysis and usability heuristics, implementing evidence-based improvements to streamline navigation, product discoverability, and checkout flow.

Health Equity Tracker | Morehouse School of Medicine|Remote

Data & Software Engineering Intern/Software Engineering and Education Development (SEED) Program (11/2023 - present)

  • Built ETL data pipelines using Python and Pandas to extract, transform, and load maternal mortality data from multiple sources into BigQuery, streamlining data processing workflows and supporting reporting and analysis needs.
  • Queried BigQuery data using SQL to identify health disparities across demographic groups and inform policy decisions.
  • Refactored data visualizations from Vega to D3, reducing dependencies by 8.6% and package size by 30%, improving performance and enabling policymakers and researchers to interpret health equity metrics more effectively.
  • Integrated new public health datasets through frontend development in React/TypeScript, enhancing data visibility and accessibility.
  • Developed automated end-to-end test scripts using Playwright for nightly test runs and unit tests with Pytest to ensure application functionality and code quality.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with the team regarding engineering requirements and data pipeline needs to ensure data tracking product aligned with client goals.

makeitMVP|Remote

Software Developer Apprentice (9/2024 - 10/2024)

  • Optimized backend by analyzing Firebase and Firestore functions, documenting reusable elements, enhancing the Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD), and initiating code refactoring for future scalability and reuse.
  • Reduced backend complexity by 25% and accelerating development efficiency during the sprint.
  • Developed and updated features using React, collaborated with designers on Figma high-fidelity wireframes, and implemented Context API for global state management.
  • Contributed to agile workflow processes by collaborating with project managers, utilizing Jira and sprint planning, while actively participating in code reviews to maintain code quality with team standards.
  • Collaborated with another developer to integrate Firestore data fetching and display it dynamically on the frontend UI, enhancing overall feature performance and functionality.
  • Tested backend functions within the frontend application, ensuring integration with Firebase/Firestore for data management.

The Commons XR|Remote

Frontend Engineer Intern (1/2024 - 7/2024)

  • Integrated Google Analytics to track user behavior and support data-driven decisions on retention and engagement.
  • Developed 8 responsive UI features using React and Material UI to enhance the accessibility and presentation of mental health and educational resources for XR behavioral analytics platform.
  • Streamlined PowerPoint conversion process using Python and Azure Functions API, eliminating manual uploads and enhancing data integrity and operational efficiency.

Ashoka|Remote

Volunteer Frontend Developer (3/2024 - 6/2024)

  • Converted a prototype into an MVP and single-page application using Figma, React, and Material UI, delivering an intuitive and user-friendly web application.
  • Sent requests from React to Flask backend and worked alongside OpenAI LLM, facilitating seamless communication between client-side and server-side in AI app.

theCoderSchool|Centennial, CO

Code Coach (3/2023 - 1/2024)

  • Instructed 3-4 individuals on how to code with a 2:1 teaching ratio and an individualized curriculum.
  • Increased students' learning progress in Python, JavaScript, or Scratch by 50 points from baseline through interactive learning, app development, and concept reviews.

Optfit, LLC|Denver, CO

Data Science Intern (5/2018 - 11/2018)

  • Contributed to developing a text editor demo by preparing and preprocessing text-based data for statistical modeling and machine learning.
  • Engineered a thesaurus word recommender program for text utilizing an open-source text corpus, Python, and the SpaCy module for Natural Language Processing (NLP) to boost vocabulary, clarity, and concision for English language writing.
  • Partnered with machine learning engineers and data analysts to analyze and report F-score evaluation metrics for classification models, helping optimize the precision-recall tradeoff.
Education & Certifications

Kent State University|Kent, OH

Master of Public Health|concentration in biostatistics

  • Analyzed and interpreted statistical data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance system (BRFSS).
  • Performed a thorough literature review on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) followed by the rationale or objective to examine the association between depression status and healthcare access, healthcare utilization, and health-related quality of life among adults with COPD. Collected data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 2011 and 2012. Gathered descriptive statistics as a part of the exploratory data analysis, including the mean or proportion and 95% confidence intervals. In addition, logistic Regression models were produced with corresponding odds ratios using SAS. Results of the study indicated that COPD was significantly associated with the following:
  1. 1. Medical costs are seen as a barrier to care.
  2. 2. Increased visits with the COPD doctor.
  3. 3. Decreased health-related quality of life.

University of Maine|Farmington, ME

Bachelor of Arts|Psychology

Google|Remote

Certificate in UX Design (Completed 2025)

  • Learn the foundations of UX design, including empathizing with users,
    building wireframes and prototypes,
    conducting research to test your designs,
    and discover how to effectively utilize AI in UX design.

AWS|Remote

Certificate in Cloud Practitioner (Completed 2023)

  • Entry-level certification designed to validate foundational, high-level understanding of AWS Cloud and Services.

Turing School of Software & Design|Remote

Front-End Web Development (Completed 2022)

  • Completed 1700 hours, ACCET accredited software development program, excelling in agile workflow on teams.
  • Developed 10 impactful projects utilizing Vanilla JavaScript individually and in pairs/groups, 5 leveraging React.

Front Range Community College|Denver, CO

Mathematics (Completed 2021)

  • Sequence of math courses including College Algebra, Precalculus, and Calculus I.

General Assembly|New York, NY

Certificate in Data Science (Completed 2017)

  • Built robust predictive models using real-world data and machine learning algorithms.