Inside the Northwestern Prison Education Program: Mena shares her role as a volunteer, what it’s like teaching inside correctional facilities, and how data could help evaluate or improve such programs.
Founding Women in Statistics at Northwestern: The story behind launching the group, how it created community, and how it led to her regional ambassador role with Women in Data Science (WiDS) Chicago.
Why Statistics?: A personal look into what drew her to pursue a Ph.D. in statistics especially in relation to social impact, health, and criminology.
Accessible Data Education: Reflections on teaching statistics and data visualization to visually impaired students key takeaways on making data truly inclusive.
Data Science with Heart: How Mena connects data science to real-world issues, community service, and education and why those connections matter now more than ever.
Link to WiDS Chicago: https://widschicago.org/
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