Kelsey Campbell

About Kelsey

• As a child, I went from living in a more open-minded community in Canada to living in a very small town in Indiana—it was a difficult transition for me as a young nonbinary, gender-fluid person.
• My mother was very religious and in an abusive relationship, so coming out to her was pretty difficult and didn’t go well.
• In high school, I was most interested in animation until my senior year economics class won over my interest.
• I decided to major in economics in college—one of my courses was all about econometrics, which is how I became interested in using data to explain the world around you.
• My first job out of college was in public health research at a nonprofit—I was essentially a data scientist before that job title was officially coined.
• I really loved working with data and wanted to further explore this newer data science field, so I went back to school for a master’s degree in analytics.
• I currently work as a data scientist for Visionist, where I provide analytical support for company projects, collaborate with software development teams, and experiment with new technologies.
• Outside of my job with Visionist, I took inspiration from data I collected about my own experience to create Gayta Science, which uses data to shed light on the LGBTQ+ community.