Abigail Gomez

Driven and motivated Linguistics graduate with experience in market research, tutoring and data collection. Demonstrated expertise in analyzing complex data as undertaken in my university dissertation project, along with organizational and communication skills from my work experience extending from tutoring English to interning in marketing. In my spare time I enjoy reading, and host a regular book club for in-depth discussions of books.

Excel Essential Training (Microsoft/Office 365)

Undergraduate Dissertation on Syntactic Patterns in Malay Questions (Sept 2022 - June 2023)

• Conducted a year-long investigation into the placement of the 'wh'-phrase in Malay questions, challenging a debated linguistic phenomenon of shifting wh-phrases that have been used to classify languages
• Developed three qualitative questionnaires for native Malay speakers, collaborating on effective examples with my supervisor and encoding the findings of these surveys on Microsoft Excel
• Achieved an overall Distinction for my essay and project

Designing UCL's Sustainable Marketplace (Jan 2023 - June 2023)

• Collaborated within an interdisciplinary group of 5 within the Behavioural Innovations Society to design UCL's secondhand marketplace using behavioural economic models
• Conducted qualitative and quantitative surveys, including an auto-ethnography, to understand the barriers and facilitators to secondhand shopping in first-year university students
• Researched and evaluated previous designs of both university and virtual marketplaces, utilizing a literature review
• Visualized data collected into tables that reflect behavioural models, designing accessible graphs to showcase our report to society stakeholders
• Presented the findings from this project at UCL’s annual Applied Projects Symposium, where our findings were well-received by the committee and passed to the Student's Union to be implemented in the following year

ESL Tutor (March 2023 - Present)

• Tutor adults in improving their English Language abilities at a council community centre
• Design and teach a curriculum that prioritises writing and verbal skills to boost the students' employability
• Facilitate group discussions, integrating a social aspect to the students' learning environment through role-playing exercises, adhering to the ESL syllabus by the British Council
• Identify areas of improvement for individual students, creating weekly reports to chart their progress and develop measurable goals

Impact Research Officer - Data Analytics Team under Project Access (Nov 2020 - June 2022)

• Designed quantitative and qualitative surveys for a non-profit organization that mentored students from underprivileged backgrounds in applying to top universities
• Collaborated with marketing, product, and mentor teams to create an engaging feedback form, increasing the feedback response rate using more compelling language
• Visualized and collated data from the surveys on platforms such as Google Sheets and Airtable
• Identified patterns in data collected, taking into account the demographics of mentees and their respective responses, suggesting improvements to the mentorship programme based on these results