{"id":10149,"date":"2023-04-25T09:19:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/?page_id=10149"},"modified":"2025-04-02T14:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T21:57:32","slug":"arpita-sharma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/about\/arpita-sharma\/","title":{"rendered":"Arpita Sharma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spotlight image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spotlight\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"text-image-container\">\n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Senior Data Analyst<br \/>\nPhone: 213.821.6807<br \/>\nE-mail: arpitas@usc.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/04\/arpita.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/04\/arpita.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Headshot of Arpita Sharma\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Arpita holds dual Master\u2019s degrees in Public Policy and Planning from the University of Southern California and a BA in Development Studies with a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from the University of California, Berkeley. As a researcher at the USC Equity Research Institute, she has contributed to numerous data projects aimed at making data more accessible and actionable for community organizers, policymakers, philanthropists, and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Arpita recently played a key role in the creation of the online, interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/publications\/equity-profile-orange-county-2025\/\">2025 Orange County Equity Profile report<\/a>, leveraging her skills in data analysis and visualization to support efforts to address disparities within the region. Additionally, she has worked on a range of data-driven projects, including data requests, mapping projects using ArcGIS, and the analysis of complex datasets for major reports such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalequityatlas.org\/\">National Equity Atlas<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bayareaequityatlas.org\/\">Bay Area Equity Atlas<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/immigrantdataca.org\/\">California Immigrant Data Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond her work at the Institute, Arpita is passionate about storytelling and digital content creation. She runs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@rethinkdesi\">Rethink Desi<\/a>, a multimedia platform that empowers the South Asian community through education, cultural events, and advocacy. Through podcasts, videos, and data storytelling, she explores nuanced conversations around identity, equity, and belonging.<\/p>\n<p>Arpita\u2019s interdisciplinary approach to research and storytelling reflects her commitment to creating meaningful, community-centered solutions and amplifying underrepresented voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":0,"parent":5944,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10149","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arpita Sharma - USC Equity Research Institute (ERI)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/about\/arpita-sharma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arpita Sharma - 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