JY Sun
Senior Director Of College Analytics & Insights at Noble Schools
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJY Sun is a data-driven leader who blends computational social science with hands-on college access strategy to drive equitable postsecondary outcomes for 31,000+ alumni across Illinois. As Senior Director of College Analytics & Insights at the state’s largest charter network, JY has co-led efforts that reversed a five-year enrollment decline and produced near-record college enrollment and engagement metrics while supporting 110+ college access staff. They lead a 25-person alumni counseling operation, design district-wide data systems and dashboards, and routinely translate complex analytics into compelling stories for donors, boards, and public partners. With prior experience as a data scientist and classroom teacher, JY pairs technical rigor—MA in Computational Social Science—with practitioner instincts rooted in K–12 instruction and continuous improvement. Outside their professional remit they channel competitive drive from a former U.S. Junior National figure skating title to recent U.S. Adult National success, a detail that underscores their blend of discipline and showmanship.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA & BS Dual Degree with Honors, International Relations; Economics, BA & BS Dual Degree with Honors, International Relations; Economics at University of DelawareMA, Computational Social Science, MA, Computational Social Science at The University of ChicagoCertification, Secondary Education and Teaching, Certification, Secondary Education and Teaching at Johns Hopkins University School of Education
Chinese
Github Skills (8)
javascript3
python3
jekyll3
open-data3
portal3
backend3
modeling2
machine-learning2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Sun-Kev/jkan
Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
A lightweight, backend-free open data portal, powered by Jekyll
Contributions:38 commits, 53 pushes in 1 month
data-portalportalopen-databackendjekyll
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