My advice is find a way to relocate to the bay area. For remote jobs you're competing against a ton of professionals that already have experience and moved away for covid. And I doubt data science is the right field you should be targeting, as it's mainly a game for people with PhD's and tough for entry level. Web dev or mobile app dev would be way easier to crack. If you have the drive I'd be making as many apps or web apps as possible to build out your portfolio then there will always be a startup that'd be happy to hire you.