Santa Barbara, CA. Now at Blackhawk Network.

Hi, I’m Natalie.I turn messy data into clear, beautiful insights.

Data Scientist · Healthcare analytics · ML & AI research

UC Santa Barbara graduate (B.S. Statistics & Data Science, 2025) with hands-on experience in healthcare analytics, AI research, and data processing. I love transforming complex datasets into actionable insights through machine learning and statistical modeling.

  • 3.7

    GPA at UC Santa Barbara

  • 3

    Internships in data & AI

  • 200%

    Automation test runtime boost

  • 3,000+

    Recordings produced for AI training

illustrative demos, rendered live in your browser

AI engineering lab

Small, animated sketches of the kinds of systems I like to work with: retrieval pipelines, multi-agent orchestration, and model training. They are illustrations, not production dashboards.

Retrieval pipeline

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Diagram of a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline: ingest, chunk, embed, vector store, retrieve, LLM, evaluate.

ingest → chunk → embed → retrieve → LLM → eval

Training script

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Decorative code sample: a short PyTorch training loop in train.py.

typed session, replayed

Agent orchestration

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Diagram of a multi-agent system: an orchestrator plans, delegates to retriever, analyst, coder, critic and writer agents, critiques and merges their results.

messages flowing between agent nodes

Training run

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Illustrative training dashboard: training and validation loss fall over 50 epochs while accuracy rises.

loss and accuracy over epochs

Portrait of Natalie Lubich, data scientist and UC Santa Barbara graduate

3 core capabilities

About me

With a passion for data-driven decision making, I specialize in extracting meaningful insights from complex datasets to solve real-world business challenges.

  • Data analysis

    Statistical analysis, data visualization, and exploratory data analysis in Python, R, and SQL to uncover hidden patterns.

  • Machine learning

    Building predictive models and implementing ML algorithms for classification, regression, and clustering problems across industries.

  • Business intelligence

    Interactive dashboards and reports that translate complex data into actionable business insights for stakeholders.

n = 4 roles, 2020 → present

Experience

  1. Present

    Data & analytics

    Data Analyst

    Blackhawk Network

    • Drive end-to-end data analytics and reporting across core partner networks, translating complex transactional data into actionable operational insights.
    • Develop automated SQL and Python data pipelines to streamline recurring reporting, metrics validation, and cross-functional performance tracking.
    • Partner with engineering and product teams to design dashboards and monitor KPIs, optimizing partner engagement and data reliability.
  2. Jun 2024 – Aug 2024

    Healthcare analytics

    Data Analyst Intern

    LeanTaaS

    • Contributed to a growth-stage company transforming hospital and infusion center operations using lean principles, predictive and prescriptive analytics, and machine learning.
    • Refactored over 4,500 lines of legacy Python ELT preprocessing code using Git version control, enhancing data management and readability for sensitive hospital patient data, significantly benefiting 3 key customers.
    • Collaborated with the Marketing team to analyze 2023–2024 campaign performance, creating Python visualizations that uncovered insights and optimized strategies to meet organizational KPIs.
    • Managed complex data integration processes and communicated technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders in the healthcare sector.
  3. Jun 2023 – Mar 2024

    NLP research

    AI Research Intern

    Keywords Studios

    • Conducted research in AI-powered natural language processing solutions.
    • Orchestrated production of an extensive dataset of over 3,000 recordings essential for training and fine-tuning AI models.
    • Ran rigorous quality assurance processes, ensuring precision and reliability of AI systems.
    • Thrived in a fast-paced, fully remote environment while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
  4. Jan 2020 – May 2020

    QA automation

    Data Processing Intern

    SF Pathways to Citizenship

    • Boosted runtime of automation tests by 200% for the core survey platform.
    • Manipulated user data in a SQL database and created an interactive Tableau dashboard.
    • Taught QA principles to fellow interns, enabling increased automation development.

education

University of California, Santa Barbara

B.S. Statistics and Data Science

GPA
3.7
Graduated
June 2025

Relevant coursework

  • Machine Learning
  • Regression Analysis
  • Time Series
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Data Science with R
  • Intermediate Python
  • Linear Algebra
  • SAS Base Programming

leadership & volunteering

STEM Subject Tutor

The Village Project SF Jan 2019 – Mar 2020

  • Empowered students from SF marginalized communities in STEM subjects.
  • Mentored students in Math and Computer Science, fostering technical skills and study strategies.

Diversity in Tech Advocate

  • Teaching Data Science principles and Algorithms to underrepresented groups.
  • Helping empower women and people of color in STEM fields.
  • Boosting leadership and public speaking skills in students.

38 tools across 5 groups

Technical skills

Languages11 items
  • Python
  • R
  • SQL
  • SAS
  • Java
  • C
  • Swift
  • Scala
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
  • Bash
ML & data07 items
  • Pandas
  • NumPy
  • Scikit-learn
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • BeautifulSoup
  • Selenium
Visualization05 items
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Matplotlib
  • Seaborn
  • Plotly
Engineering05 items
  • Flask
  • Spring Boot
  • PyTest
  • JUnit
  • Bootstrap 5
Tools & platforms10 items
  • Git
  • GitHub Actions
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Docker
  • MongoDB
  • SQLite
  • Splunk
  • Jupyter
  • Figma

2 featured builds

Featured projects

Screenshot of the GradeBook command-line grade manager

project 01 / 02

GradeBook

Grade manager with auto grouping

Comprehensive grade management system with automatic statistics calculation and data categorization.

  • Automatically calculates statistics and categorizes course data by course name and subject
  • Command line interface with full CRUD operations
  • Persistent storage using serialization
  • Comprehensive PyTest test suite for reliability
  • Python
  • PyTest
  • Data Structures
  • CLI
Screenshot of the MazeSolver large-scale maze solving program

project 02 / 02

MazeSolver

Large-scale maze generation & solving

High-performance maze solver that handles massive 7400×7400 mazes using optimized algorithms.

  • Solves mazes as large as 7400×7400 with optimized data structures
  • Recursive algorithms and stack-based maze solving
  • Pre-order traversal with BFS for node discovery
  • Multiple difficulty settings and storage capabilities
  • Python
  • Algorithms
  • Data Structures
  • BFS
  • PyTest

4 ways to reach me

Let’s work together

Ready to turn your data into actionable insights? I’d love to hear about your next project.