Mission-driven data scientist. Trying to leave things better than I found them. Always sweating the details
Washington, DC
Joined August 2021
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Pre-registering my predictions for my top 5 artists on spotify wrapped this year, in no particular order: bon iver, olivia rodrigo, the beaches, bad bunny, maggie rogers
I went through a phase where I’d often put on Bon Iver to help fall asleep, and now whenever Re: Stacks comes on shuffle I go full Pavlov’s dog and start nodding off
I’ve been noodling on this one for awhile, so I’m excited to finally see it out in the world!
I wrote a piece for Open Banker on algorithmic fairness in lending decisions, focused on a simple question with a not-so-simple answer: how should we measure fairness?
I talk through different approaches to measuring fairness, discuss the thorny normative questions that underpin this question, and offer some considerations for lenders and regulators when designing disparate impact testing processes openbanker.beehiiv.com/p/alg…
Devastating piece highlighting the real human toll of the cruelty being inflicted on the federal workforce right now washingtonpost.com/investiga…
Metro Rewind was such a joy to click through! Kudos to the @wmata team #MetroRewind
IT’S HERE! Reflect on your year with Metro Rewind.
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Today, the @CFPB finalized its reforms on medical debt. The final rule:
- Ends the practice of parking medical bills on credit reports
- Would block lenders from repossessing prosthetic limbs and other medical devices
consumerfinance.gov/about-us…
Not my area of expertise, but this seems like a huge policy win. DC started subsidizing child care workers’ wages by ~$10k/yr, which has led to significantly reduced turnover, better care, and more slots open for kids. Financed by a tax on those making >$250k
Good NPR piece on the program here npr.org/2024/12/12/nx-s1-520…
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Today, the @CFPB finalized a rule to end junk fee abuses on bank overdrafts. The rule requires big banks to come clean about the interest rates they are charging and will save Americans up to $5B per year. consumerfinance.gov/about-us…
New rule from the CFPB limits what banks can charge in overdraft fees, and is expected to save consumers up to $5 billion a year nytimes.com/2024/12/12/us/po…
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In America, companies known as "data brokers" scrape and slurp up massive amounts of data on us without our knowledge or consent.
Today, @CFPB proposed a rule to prevent these companies from selling sensitive personal data to scammers, stalkers, & spies. wired.com/story/cfpb-fcra-da…
This is very cool. An old segregation barrier that used to separate our town from a neighboring town was taken down and replaced with a memorial sculpture (and a park to come). The sculpture is of two hands lifting the barrier so residents of the two towns can walk freely beneath
A reminder of Route 1’s segregated past has been replaced by a powerful and inspirational symbol of racial reconciliation between two towns: @BrentwoodMd, which was historically white, and @n_brentwood, founded by Black Civil War veterans bit.ly/4eKH03d @wamu885 @NPR
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Today, the @CFPB approved a new rule to make sure home appraisals powered by AI and complex algorithms are accurate, unbiased, and free of conflicts of interest. consumerfinance.gov/about-us…
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JUST IN: In a sweeping change that could improve millions of Americans’ ability to own a home or buy a car, the Biden administration will propose a rule Tuesday to ban medical debt from credit reports.
Read more: trib.al/h58PFDk
Until recently, cystic fibrosis was a debilitating disease with a life expectancy of ~35 years. Then researchers developed a breakthrough treatment that lets patients live a normal lifespan. Doctors describe it as the biggest breakthrough since HIV drugs in the 90’s. Incredible!
People who previously thought they had just a few years to live can now have kids, pursue new careers, start dating, live lives that were previously unattainable. Make-A-Wish removed CF from its eligibility list because the outlook is so much better now
Really incredible story - here’s the full piece about it in the Atlantic theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…