Maria Aleida Ramirez Vega

Contact Information

📞 Phone: +1 (915) 240-9627
📍 Location: El Paso, Texas (Willing to Relocate)
✉️ Email: aleida.ramirezvega@gmail.com

🎓 Education

MS in Statistics and Data Science

📅 Graduation Date: December 2024
🏫 The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
📍 El Paso, Texas

MS in Professional Science

📅 Graduation Date: December 2021
🏫 The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
📍 El Paso, Texas

B.A. in Economics

📅 Graduation Date: June 2016
🏫 Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (UACJ)
📍 Ciudad Juarez, Chih., Mexico

Business Economics (Exchange Student)

📅 Duration: January - December 2015
🏫 Universidad Åbo Akademi
📍 Turku, Finland

💼 Work Experience

Data Science Intern

📅 Duration: 02/2024 – 12/2024
🏢 EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, El Paso, Texas
- Leading a Data Journalism Project (text mining applications).
- Developing from data collection, processing, and results.
- Presenting preliminary results to journalist audience for funding.

Graduate Research Assistant

📅 Duration: 06/2019 – 01/2024
🏢 NIH BUILDING SCHOLARS Research Enrichment Core, El Paso, Texas
- Performing statistical analysis.
- Working with interdisciplinary teams.
- Paper publications and presenting findings at conferences.

Economic Data Science Intern

📅 Duration: 08/2022 – 12/2022
🏢 HUNT INSTITUTE, El Paso, Texas
- Assisting in ongoing survey projects.
- Designing visualization for economic indicators.
- Creating databases of economic indicators.

📚 Publications as a Graduate Student

Published Papers:

  • Monarrez, A., Wagler, A., Morales, D., Seira, D., Echegoyen, L. E., & Ramirez, A. (2020). Mentoring undergraduate students in research: Faculty barriers and benefits. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 1(13), 418-425. Read Here

Under Review Papers:

  • Monarrez, A., Echegoyen, E., Morales, D.X., Seira, D., Ramirez, M.A., & Wagler, A. (Under review). Factors and mediators impacting the number of undergraduate research mentees at a research-intensive Hispanic-serving institution. Manuscript under review at PLOS One.
  • Paper accepted at the Texas Academy of Science 125th Annual Meeting.

In-Progress Manuscripts:

  • Wellness and Mindfulness summer program on undergraduate research mentees.

🛠 Skills

✔️ Proficient in: R
✔️ Knowledgeable in: Python, SQL