Abigail Orbe

Experience

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  Mystic Aquarium

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2019

  Guest Services Specialist

  Composed and performed informational speeches for a dozen wildlife exhibits and interacted individually with guests to answer questions regarding exhibits, animals, and aquarium policy

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  Connecticut Foodshare

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2022

  Research and Evaluation Intern

  - Performed data collection for a pilot program by completing in-depth surveys with participants- Cleaned and managed datasets, ran regressions and interpreted results, and developed reports for various stakeholders- Assisted in a literature review by summarizing sources, managing citations, and aiding in editing process- Prepared deliverables such as toolkits, checklists, and final reports for funders at the completion of pilot programs

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  U.S. Census Bureau

  Jun 2020 - Jan 2020

  Enumerator

  Completed surveys with households and consistently applied Census standards to ensure quality data collection

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  Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  Project Assistant: National Education Resource Database on Schools

  Developed R code to compile, clean, standardize, and validate state-reported per pupil expenditure data, ultimately producing a database containing year-over-year school spending data for 49 states and D.C.

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  Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2022

  Data & Analytics Intern

  Collaborated with departments across the Bank to identify opportunities for improved data analysis and process automation and used a suite of analytical tools to clean, analyze, and visualize department data

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  MIT Blueprint Labs

  Jun 2023 - now

  Research Fellow: K-12 and Higher Education