Tiana is a  graduating senior completing her degree in mathematics. Currently she works as a research assistant through the Faculty Assistant Research Program, working with Dr. Ranjit Deshmukh and Dr. David Pellow in the environmental studies department, and Dr. Shuji Nakamura in the mechanical engineering department at UC Santa Barbara. In the fall of 2020, Tiana will have her first publication titled “Using Data Analysis to Examine Renewable Energy in Southern Africa”, in the Undergraduate Research & Creative Studies Journal at UCSB. 

Tiana transferred to UCSB in 2017 and became a mentor in the Transfer Student Mentorship Program, and she was the student speaker at the Transfer Student Class 2020 Graduation. In 2019, Tiana participated in a summer internship at the Smithsonian Institution Data Science Lab, and she was featured in a Smithsonian article about her contributions to the American Women's History Initiative. After participating in this internship, she was inspired to continue her research in data science. Her goal is to pursue a graduate degree with a focus in data science to become a data scientist.