Ruth works at both the University of New Mexico Cradle to Career Policy Institute (CCPI) and as part of the Mission: Graduate initiative of the United Way of Central New Mexico. At CCPI her work is focused on data analysis and data visualizations in support of policy analyses across the cradle to career continuum. Mission: Graduate employs Ruth to produce data visualizations that track progress toward their educational outcome goal for central New Mexico. She uses the tools awarded to her through a fellowship of the Strive Together network that includes Tableau and Alteryx. Her formal education focused on physics and chemistry, and she brings that scientific rigor to her work for improving educational outcomes.