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PrestBlake25/README.md

Hi, I'm Preston Blake 👋

Data Science & Web Development | Python · R · SQL · JavaScript | New York, NY

Recent Mathematics & Computer Science graduate from Lehman College (CUNY) with a minor in Statistics, actively seeking entry-level roles in data science, data analytics, and web development. MLT Career Fellow Alum, currently enrolled in CodePath's Intermediate Web Development course.


🎓 Experience & Programs

  • Microsoft Research — Data Science Research Fellow
    Bash/CLI data analysis, awk/grep/cut pipelines, ggplot2 visualizations on NYC open datasets

  • Research Foundation of CUNY — Research Assistant
    Phylogenetic tree support analysis and computational biology workflows

  • Braven Accelerator — Lead Researcher
    Led a 6-person capstone team conducting a Gen Z social media strategy analysis for the Chicago Sky Foundation

  • MLT — Career Fellow Alum
    Management Leadership for Tomorrow alumni network targeting entry-level data science roles

  • CodePath — Technical Interview Prep & Intermediate Web Development
    Algorithms, data structures, and interview preparation; currently building full-stack web projects


🛠️ Skills

Languages: Python · R · SQL · Bash/CLI · JavaScript · HTML/CSS
Libraries: Pandas · NumPy · Scikit-learn · ggplot2 · tidyverse
Tools: Tableau · Excel · Google Sheets · Git · Jupyter


📌 Featured Projects

Project Description Stack
Applied AI System RAG-based CLI tool that surfaces top-k songs matching a user prompt Python
Video Game Sales Analysis Statistical inference on a global video game sales dataset R, ggplot2
BxARP Datathon Examined CUNY student bus routes across camera-enforced vs non-enforced corridors Python, Jupyter
Advocacy Project Web advocacy page built during CodePath's Intro to Web Development course HTML, CSS

📫 Let's connect

LinkedIn
📧 prestonblake35@gmail.com

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  1. Spotify_DS_Project Spotify_DS_Project Public

    It's a Spotify data science project exploring track data with EDA, Linear Regression, and K-Nearest Neighbors models. It was built with Python and Jupyter notebooks.

    Jupyter Notebook

  2. Applied-AI-System-Project Applied-AI-System-Project Public

    Through the command line, this project gathers top k songs that relate to the user's prompt through the use of RAG

    Python

  3. Videogame-Sales-Data Videogame-Sales-Data Public

    My project for MAT 327 (Statistical Inference) at Lehman College where I analyzed the video game dataset using R

    R

  4. MHC-Datathon/BxARP MHC-Datathon/BxARP Public

    This data science project is about examining CUNY students' bus routes between camera enforced and non camera enforced routes. This is for Macaulay Honors College's Fall 2025 Datathon in collaborat…

    Jupyter Notebook