Summary
Stephanie Andrews is an applied data scientist and human rights researcher with a decade of cross-disciplinary experience building data-driven investigations, civic tech, and immersive creative projects. Based in Berkeley and pursuing an MIDS at UC Berkeley, she combines OSINT and machine learning skills—geolocation, NLP, web scraping, OCR, and Python tooling—with practical experience producing fact-finding reports for Amnesty International, the UN, and the Atlantic Council. Her background spans software engineering roles at Brilliant.org and civic technology work at Zinc Collective, where she also led cybersecurity and operations automation efforts. As a creative technologist and instructor, she blends art, experimental games, and interactive storytelling to surface ethical questions about AI and society. Open to freelance engagements, she brings a rare mix of investigative rigor, design-led creativity, and operational savvy to civic and humanitarian challenges.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Social Welfare & Psychology, Bachelor’s Degree, Social Welfare & Psychology at University of California, Berkeley
Post-Baccalaureate Coursework, Journalism, Post-Baccalaureate Coursework, Journalism at Laney College
Summer Sessions, Summer Sessions at Penland School of Craft
Post-Baccalaureate Coursework, Art, Design, and Data Visualization, Post-Baccalaureate Coursework, Art, Design, and Data Visualization at Berkeley City College
Master of Information and Data Science, Master of Information and Data Science at UC Berkeley School of Information
Post-Baccalaureate Coursework, Computer Science & Music, 4.0, Post-Baccalaureate Coursework, Computer Science & Music, 4.0 at City College of San Francisco