
The Road to Expert: How to Become an Analytics Specialist

Teachers often say it’s important to have a well-rounded education. Diversify your learning. You never know how the information you learn today will be applied in the future. Let’s be honest…teachers usually are right, but even my former math teachers would probably be shocked to learn that I work with numbers daily. I was never a math whiz, often sought extra help with algebra and geometry, and never dared to enroll in trigonometry. So, how did I stumble into an analytics job? I graduated with a double major in public relations and Spanish and then went on to get my master’s in public policy and administration. Math degree? Nope! Not even close. As a 24-year-old fresh out of grad school, I thought my career path would include nonprofit management, but life often takes twists and …