Utilizing Data Analytics to Improve Food Stamp Access
Research Associate, mRelief
When Cara Karter chose social and economic development policy as her major, she never imagined that she’d end up working for a tech startup. Now she is using policy and data analysis to help Americans get the support they need to apply for food stamps.
Cara Karter (EDSE ’16)For Cara Karter, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago and now lives in Munster, Indiana, an interest in human service research and evaluation was sparked during her first year at Illinois Institute of Technology. A subsequent opportunity to travel to San Claudio, Nicaragua, with the university’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, working as the group’s community needs assessment lead, further solidified Karter’s interest in the