Barbara Cvenic's guest appearances

Barbara Cvenic

Meaningful

Nadia Khan

Alyssa Chassman

Katie Carlson

Helen Patuck

Dominique Uwase Alonga

Amina Evangelista Swanepoel

OwlTail

Barbara Cvenić is a Data Scientist at DonorsChoose.org, a non-profit organisation that provides a platform for public school teachers to raise funds for materials and supplies for their classrooms from ordinary citizens across the United States.  In this episode we talk about:  Finding purpose; The impact of volunteering overseas; Getting the first job after graduation; Commitment and determination; Following your curiosity; The day-to-day work of a data scientist; The value of data science for the nonprofit sector; Learning new skills from scratch; Going through a career change; Satisfaction and feeling enough; and What it takes to make even the wildest dreams a reality.  Find out more about Barbara and her work in the show notes to this episode.

<a href="https://sofyadoeswords.com/2018/08/12/episode-8-barbara-cvenic-data-science-social-good/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbara Cvenić</a> is a Data Scientist at <a href="http://DonorsChoose.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>, a non-profit organisation that provides a platform for public school teachers to raise funds for materials and supplies for their classrooms from ordinary citizens across the United States.  In this episode we talk about: <ul> <li>Finding purpose;</li> <li>The impact of volunteering overseas;</li> <li>Getting the first job after graduation;</li> <li>Commitment and determination;</li> <li>Following your curiosity;</li> <li>The day-to-day work of a data scientist;</li> <li>The value of data science for the nonprofit sector;</li> <li>Learning new skills from scratch;</li> <li>Going through a career change;</li> <li>Satisfaction and feeling enough; and</li> <li>What it takes to make even the wildest dreams a reality.</li> </ul> Find out more about Barbara and her work <a href="https://sofyadoeswords.com/2018/08/12/episode-8-barbara-cvenic-data-science-social-good/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in the show notes</a> to this episode.

Episode 8. Barbara Cvenic: Data Science for Social Good