Lorena Ortiz has more than ten years experience as a data analyst and statistician. She has worked in the petroleum industry as a statistical analyst where her focus was on tracking and predicting wholesale and retail gasoline prices. Ms. Ortiz also has worked in sensory analysis for food product development and marketing as a statistician. She holds a BA in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MS in Statistics from California State University Hayward.

Selected Current/Recent BPA Projects:

• Evaluation of Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL)
• The SOURCE Program: An Intervention to Promote College Application and Enrollment Among Urban Youth
• Study of the Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC)
• California Forward Good Governance Study
• Packard Foundation Children's Health Study
  

Related Experience:

• Senior Data Analyst, The National Food Laboratory, Dublin, CA
• Educational Services Representative, ANG Newspapers, Oakland, CA
• Statistical Analyst, Lundberg Survey, Camarillo, CA

Foreign Languages: Spanish