I was raised in Florida after immigrating from Venezuela as a small child with my family. I have gone through many adjustments in my education journey as the world transitions to a more online-based learning/teaching structure. I had to learn ways of keeping my brain engaged with digital content despite being a hands-on learner. As I continued through my higher education, I became passionate about teaching as I realized my professors and academic mentors have had the greatest impact on my future goals and my belief in my own ability to meet those goals. I truly believe that a teacher can ‘make or break’ the experience of learning a subject. I have experience tutoring and mentoring incoming undergraduate students in life sciences, mainly biology and cell science but also English, Spanish and writing. My personal hobbies include reading sci-fi and fantasy fiction, exploring outdoors, and growing houseplants and flowers. As an immigrant, I am especially passionate about speaking out against racial prejudice. I also feel strongly about encouraging young students from different backgrounds to pursue their dreams and discouraging limiting beliefs that might stop their pursuit of higher education. I have a B.S. in Microbiology and am in the final semester of completing my M.S. in Bioinformatics. I have personal experience navigating a variety of AP courses, as well as middle, high, and collegiate education.
