Hannah, a transgender woman, is a data scientist from Chicago. According to her LinkedIn profile, she graduated with honors from the University of Chicago in 2010 with a degree in geography.

The game show's new champion currently works as a senior data scientist for Strata Decision Technology, a software development company that "provides an innovative set of software and service solutions to help healthcare providers better analyze, plan and perform in support of caring for their community and reducing the cost of care." Hannah also serves as a data scientist at Metis, a "leading provider of data science and analytics training."

In her LinkedIn bio, Hannah claims she "thrives on messy and unstructured data" and enjoys taking on unconventional topics. Outside of her career, Hannah plays piano, writes, and makes rugs about astronomy. She's also the 18th-ranked crossword puzzle solver in the U.S. and second in the Midwest behind a man named Eric.