Tasha Torchon is a Masters student of Data Science at the University of Michigan School of Information. Prior to this, she completed a Masters of Applied Economics from the University of Michigan and a Bachelors of Linguistics from Yale University. She has a long-standing research interest in socioeconomic inequality. At Michigan, she has advanced research on nontraditional student outcomes and women’s professional history for the Center for the Education of Women. As an American Economics Association Summer Program scholar, she analyzed how racial minorities and older students changed their college enrollment patterns based on statewide unemployment rates. Currently, her thesis explores the income disparity between gig workers and full-time employees. Tasha is considering a PhD because through her research she wants to elucidate the needs of marginalized people and devise best practices to address them.