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isaacarroyov/README.md

Hola I'm Isaac Arroyo 🇲🇽 👋

I'm a Data Visualization Journalist at The National News, based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. I work at the intersection of numbers/math, shapes and colours.

To see my projects, visit my Behance profile or view my 📌 pinned projects.

Quick summary of my academic background

  • ⚛️ I have a BSc. in Engineering Physics.
  • 🌳🔥🌳 My undergraduate thesis focused on exploring and visualizing wildfire records and environmental data from different sources (satellite imagery was one of them 🛰️ 🗺️). Here is a Medium article I wrote and the GitHub repo of my undergrad thesis project.

My professional interests 🤓

Although my background is in physics, I aim to use my data analysis and visualization skills in other fields. For example, social sciences and human rights 🧑‍🤝‍🧑👬👭, the arts 🎨, public policy 🏛️ and the environment (hence my undergrad thesis) 🌱🍃.

My tech, data and math skills 📝

Due to my engineering degree, I have strong knowledge of math (e.g., statistics, linear algebra) and unsupervised learning (anomaly detection, pattern recognition). I mostly do data analysis and visualization with Python and R (and soon, Observable Plot). I also know my way around design software (Adobe Illustrator) and other data visualization tools, such as Datawrapper and Flourish.

Other things about me ✨

🎧 I love listening to music, especially Alessia Cara, Taylor Swift, The Warning, Kendrick Lamar, The Last Dinner Party, and Residente/Calle 13.

  • 🎥 "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and Dead Poets Society are my favourite movies.
  • 🎨 I love art, especially painting and architecture. I enjoy going to art exhibitions and learning about art history.

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  1. 30daymapchallenge Public

    Submissions to the #30DayMapChallenge

    R

  2. data_visualization_practice Public

    Data visualization and Information Design with Python and R

    Jupyter Notebook 18 4

  3. 30DayChartChallenge Public

    Data Visualizations for the #30DayChartChallenge

    Jupyter Notebook 11 2

  4. thesis_undergrad Public

    Documentation: Methodology and Exploratory Data Analysis

    Jupyter Notebook 7 5

  5. tidy_tuesday_R Public

    Contributions to the #TidyTuesday challenge created by @R4DScommunity

    R 17 1

  6. spotify_anomalies_kmeans-lof Public

    Data Science project where I explore my own Spotify data, specifically the song I listened to during my time in college

    Jupyter Notebook 9