Yijia (Gaga) Yijia (Gaga) is an experienced researcher and data professional currently working as a Researcher at a stealth startup since April 2024 and as a Data Engineer at Meta since October 2025. Previous roles include Data Scientist at Aetna from February to June 2025, Deep Learning Data Engineer Intern at Flawless from June to September 2024, Data Fellow at the UChicago Data Science Institute from June to September 2024, and Data Science Intern at DiDi from June to September 2022. Yijia holds a B.S. (Hons) in International Trade and Economics from The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (2019-2023), an M.S. (Hons) in Computational Analysis and Public Policy from the University of Chicago (2023-2025), and completed a summer session at Yale University in Food, Race, and Migration in 2021. Mentorship was received from Sandra Tilmon during the data fellow experience.
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