Sterling Heights, Michigan
Actuarial science and statistics
major
Hometown: Sterling Heights, Michigan
Employment: Trend Analyst for Liberty Mutual in Seattle
Major: Actuarial science and statistics
Study abroad: Mexico and France
Senior Honors Project: “The Gaussian Archimedean Copula: The creation of a new multivariate distribution that improves modeling”
Presentations:
“Discrete Models with Proportional Harvesting: Preventing chaos and
extinction in two population models that include a harvesting component”
at the Joint Mathematics meetings in Boston
Service passions: Math and financial literacy
Other CMU involvement: Gamma Iota Sigma risk management fraternity and CMU swim club
Favorite Honors class: “Honors
Mayan Math in Mexico. From being guided by knowledgeable faculty
through jaw-dropping historic sites to enjoying beautiful beaches while
bonding with friends are moments I’ll cherish forever.”
Value of CMU Honors Program: “The program provides students with enhanced learning opportunities that develop your understanding of the world.”
How Honors will help you postgraduation: “My
Honors Capstone research on copulas entails advanced statistical
modeling, which will pave my way in modeling risk in the insurance
industry.”