During the program I had weeks where I fell behind and thought about quitting. The support from the instructors is what kept me going — they’d stay late on Zoom, walk me through problems, and remind me why I signed up. That persistence got me through, and now I’m in a business analyst role in retail using the exact same tools I struggled with at first.

Before the program I had never touched R and felt way out of my depth. The first assignments were tough, but by the end I felt totally comfortable working with it. That gave me the confidence to play around with data, build my own projects, and actually enjoy the process. Now I’m working as a data analyst for institutional research at American International College, and the skills I picked up in class are what I use every day.

The program gave me more than just knowledge, it gave me momentum and a clear path forward in my career. I came in unsure of how to break into the data field and by the end I was building projects I could actually showcase. That experience helped me land my role as a data coordinator at Adam Jones Law Firm where I use the same skills every day to organize, analyze, and make sense of case data for the team.