Natalia Zemchikhina graduated with Part-Time Data Analytics Cohort 3.

My military background in finance and work experience at the Department of Veterans Affairs, solving various problems of clients and beneficiaries, made me realize there's always room for improvement: a better way to serve both internal and external customers, to be more efficient, to have a higher quality, etc. Data analysis enables continuous improvement through its measurements of performance. Data collection is a futile effort without Data analysis; therefore, I became a NSS student to learn the tools and knowledge that make it possible. I am detail-oriented, passionate and curious to continue learning the Data Analysis coding languages and new techniques to apply my knowledge in solving problems and finding solutions to enable leadership to make data driven decisions and achieve better results.