Michael Cho

Former daytrader, former Stuyvesant High School math teacher, current NYC Department of Education employee.  I started working at the DOE on the Progress Report team as a data cruncher but have since found my passion to lie in data visualization.  I created this website in order compile some of my data visualization work.  If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.  I love chatting about what I do and love getting to know others who share the same passion.

10 Random things about me

1.  My favorite car is the Ferrari F40.
2. I've never driven a Ferrari but I have driven a Lamborghini (thanks big brother!)
3. I swam backstroke and IM in high school and even won a medal (6th place NYC) for 100 Backstroke
4. I've played the cello at two of my friends weddings - the first time I played From This Moment On by Shania Twain and the second time I played I Don't Want To Miss a Thing by Aerosmith
5. I got my driver's license when I was 18 and I learned how to ride a bicycle when I was 23
6. I had a cat in college named Nibbles - she was a tortoiseshell that I picked up at the pound
7. I've driven across the continental US twice
8. I hiked to Half-Dome but was too scared to make the final ascent up the Half-Dome cables
9. I won my first Magic the Gathering draft by picking up Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
10. My favorite author is Brandon Sanderson and I have a signed hardcover version of Emperor's Soul (Hugo Award winner)