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Long-term volunteer Antonio Campello
“It takes a lot of work to make a problem ‘data-scienceable’ and it takes even more work to make data usable.”
Long-term volunteer Antonio Campello
Committee member Nestor Delgado
“It is not always the most sophisticated model that makes the biggest contribution to a project.”
Committee member Nestor Delgado
Committee member Gail Dawes
"The power of data for me is what it tells us about our world and human behaviour!"
Committee member Natan Mish
“Find out what you are passionate about and what drives you to ask questions.”
Long-term volunteer Claire Benard
“Meeting other people who work in data, and were always really supportive and nice, makes a difference.”
Committee member Lisa Carpenter
“Watching a charity team get excited about the data, what it meant, and fully embracing working with data, was fantastic!”
Project volunteer Lakshmi Chockalingam
“I am most interested in and inspired by anything that helps us get a bit closer to equity and meaningful progress.”
Project volunteer Patrick Savoie
“After my first DataDive project, I knew this was an organisation I wanted to be involved with long term - it was a great experience all around.”
Community member Sam Blake
“It’s always been important to me that my job has some kind of positive social impact.”
Long-term volunteer Sukhil Patel
“I get to meet so many interesting charities and understand a lot about the work they’re doing.”
Project volunteer Melissa Torgbi
“I saw data science as a way to solve problems using technology… that’s what it gave me.”
Project volunteer Orfeas Kypris
“I thought there must be a way to modernise nonprofits and help them make use of their data to improve outputs in a sustainable way.”
Project volunteer Heiko Hotz
“DataKind is looking for people who are passionate about data science and willing to learn.”
Community member Lydia Monnington
“Working with totally new people and seeing how they approach new problems is fascinating.”
Project volunteer Billy Zhao
“I was able to understand data challenges in the charity sector more clearly and share some best practices.”
Committee member Michelle Lee
“It is exciting to see the possibilities in data science across both private and third sectors.”
Project volunteer Tanya Rofani
“I became a Data Ambassador to work closely with a social sector organisation, because it impacts real people who come to them for support.”