Sarah Hudspeth

Sarah Hudspeth has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Sarah is currently working as a Solutions Architect at Chronosphere since February 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Solutions Consultant at New Relic, Inc. from January 2021 to January 2023. Sarah also served as a Prep Course Instructor at Hackbright Academy from November 2020 to January 2021.

In 2020, Sarah founded GiveLocal, where they worked as the Team Lead and full-stack engineer. Sarah built a giving platform connecting local small businesses and nonprofits through giftcard donations. Sarah was also self-employed as a Data Science/Data Analyst from January 2019 to November 2020.

Sarah had a fellowship at SharpestMinds from August 2019 to May 2020, where they focused on ML projects, Computer Vision, NLP, and recommendation systems. Sarah utilized technologies such as PySpark, Surprise, Docker, and Flask.

Before transitioning into tech, they worked as a Mathematics Teacher at The Hill Center from June 2013 to January 2019, where they taught highly individualized math lessons using technology and research-based strategies. Sarah also developed components of the Middle School Math Program and implemented the Financial Literacy Program, MoneyWorks.

Sarah also worked as a Learning Differences MOOC Facilitator at The William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation from July 2015 to December 2015. Sarah hosted virtual PLC discussions and facilitated online forums to build a professional learning community for teachers worldwide.

In addition to their teaching experience, they worked as a Tutor at Edge Up Tutoring from August 2012 to August 2014. Sarah also served as a Team Leader and Teacher at i4m - innovation for motivation, teaching introductory French and Math courses in 2012.

Overall, Sarah Hudspeth's work experience showcases a strong background in education, data science, and technology, with experience in teaching, consulting, architecture, and entrepreneurship.

Sarah Hudspeth has a Master's in Teaching in Secondary Education and Foreign Language Instruction from the University of Virginia, which they obtained from 2007 to 2008. Sarah also holds a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University, completed between 2015 and 2017. Sarah took continuing education courses for NC Teaching Licensure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2012 to 2013. Sarah completed their undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in French Language and Literature, with a concentration in Mathematics.

In terms of additional certifications, Sarah obtained an Applied Data Science with Python Specialization from Coursera in June 2019. Sarah also completed an Applied Machine Learning in Python course from the University of Michigan in May 2019. Sarah holds certificates in Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python, Python for Everybody Specialization, Basic Statistics, and Introduction to Data Science in Python, all obtained through Coursera in 2018 and 2019. Sarah acquired a North Carolina Post Graduate Teaching License from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in June 2013, as well as a Post Graduate Teaching License in French PreK-12 and Secondary Math from Virginia's Department of Education in July 2013. Additionally, Sarah obtained a certification as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in March 2021. Sarah also holds PCA (Prometheus Certified Associate) certification from The Linux Foundation and Prometheus Certificate Associate certification from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), both obtained in June 2023.

Furthermore, Sarah completed an introductory course in data analysis at Codecademy in 2018 and obtained a degree in Software Engineering with a specialization in Fullstack Engineering from Hackbright Academy in 2020.