Michelle Ndugulile (‘23) recently graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Data Science. Prior to her undergraduate studies at UW, Michelle was interested in a variety of STEM subjects, such as math, anatomy, and physiology. But it was biology that captured her interest the most, and inspired her to pursue it in college and into a future career.

Michelle did not discover the Data Science Minor program until her senior year, when she was looking for extra courses to fulfill her degree requirements before graduation. “I recognized the escalating demand for fundamental programming skills in the current job market, and I felt compelled to have some sort of basis in the domain,” Michelle said. She discovered the UW Data Science Minor after searching for beginner-friendly programming courses to supplement her Biology courses. There was a natural overlap between many of the statistical research and data analysis courses of the minor and the classes she was taking to complete her major.

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