About

Hello! I'm Adrian Nesta, a native San Diegan based in Philadelphia, PA.

I am a data professional with a passion for utilizing data to provide clarity to our increasingly complex world. My drive to create and maintain artifacts like data repositories, APIs, open-source software packages, data visualizations and data stories that provide people data with context has been the rudder of my career. Whether its required making charts, building data pipelines, or even designing web applications, I have found pleasure and purpose in mastering the craft of the data engineering and software development to create and distribute information that can empower and inspire.

I have extensive experience finding and analyzing publicly available datasets — particularly from U.S. government sources — that serve as some of the source material that supports my work. In previous roles I have covered topics like the COVID-19 pandemic, prescription drug prices, the labor & housing markets, and inflation for Investopedia, Verywell Health, City Limits and others.

I am interested in data work on topics ranging from data engineering, software development, Bayesian statistics, economics — in particular labor economics — and finance, urbanism and transit, politics, as well as baseball, basketball, and film.