Professional Summary
Passionate and results-driven science educator with a strong background in physics, chemistry, and earth sciences. Demonstrated success raising student outcomes, including a 95% pass rate on the Physics Regents with underserved 8th-grade learners. Skilled in curriculum design, assessment strategy, bilingual family communication, and integrating data tools into instruction. Committed to equity, rigor, and supporting all learners in STEM success.
Work Experience
Science Teacher, Success Academy
Raised Physics Regents pass rate from 3% to 95% among 75 8th-grade students, many entering significantly below grade level in math.
Designed and led implementation of Physics Regents curriculum and pacing across multiple campuses; supported two other science teachers.
Developed assessments, daily tasks, answer keys, and debrief tools modeling teacher thinking for student growth.
Created systems using Google Forms for grading and revising multiple-choice responses.
Trained students in effective use of reference tables, rulers, protractors, and graphing calculators for Regents mastery.
Developed “Plan of Attack” protocol (Data → Equation → Substitution → Answer) to streamline problem-solving under time constraints.
Provided daily after-school tutoring and one-on-one academic intervention.
Maintained strong family communication, including daily morning outreach for late/absent students.
Served as Spanish-language interpreter for Spanish-speaking families across academic and behavioral matters.
Co-taught 7th grade science (biology and chemistry).
Supervised 8th graders during lunch/recess and chaperoned field trips (museums, cooking class, baseball, and overnight camping).
Adjunct Lecturer (Teacher Assistant), The City College of New York
Led two lab sections per semester for introductory Earth and Atmospheric Sciences courses, serving freshman and second-year engineering students.
Provided support with data analysis, scientific writing, and laboratory techniques to strengthen academic skills and deepen understanding of core concepts.
Assisted in developing and refining lab activities to align with course objectives and student needs.
Graduate Fellow, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Conducted research on Dzud events (severe winter weather in Mongolia) using remote sensing data to support early warning and mitigation strategies.
Developed a prototype Earth observation tool using Python, integrating 14 datasets over a 10-year period to produce comprehensive climate maps.