Jaqueline Ortiz
Jaqueline is a Statistician with the USGS, Central Midwest Water Science Center, located in Urbana, Illinois.
Jaqueline began her career with the USGS, Central Midwest Water Science Center in 2021 as a student intern, where she served as a Water Resources Data Analyst and a Statistician Trainee. In 2025, she became a full-time Statistician. Jaqueline primarily works on supporting statistical analyses and modeling of water-quality and -quantity trends at local, regional, and national scales. She has expertise in data preparation and management to support scientific investigations and focuses on the automation of workflows to improve efficiency in project work.