Yash Patel is a senior studying economics. He heard about the ATLAS Internship Program through an email from the Department of Economics and is continuing for his second semester with us! He interns as a Data Analyst for Dr. Rini Mehta, an assistant professor in the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics. Yash is responsible for collecting data using Python, a program he has become very familiar with. After cleaning the data, he analyzes it by making visualizations with Tableau to see if any patterns or outliers exist. Currently, Yash is working on a project that is analyzing the top female directors from around the world. This project requires data collection on every film for each of the directors, then analyzing the genders of the actors in the films. He and his team are also looking for repeat actors for each director and the overall network of influence in the industry. Yash is working towards becoming a Data Analyst or Data Scientist in the future. He know the skills he developed in Tableau and Python will help him enormously. He also greatly improved his communication and time management skills, while working in a fully online formatted internship. Finally, some fun facts about Yash: his favorite movie is The Green Mile and his favorite show is That 70's Show!