Fun Facts

I love the outdoors: I like to rock climb, hike, mountain bike, snorkel, swim, yoga, and I use to skate. I play guitar, drums, bass, harmonica and any other instrument I can get my hands on: I love music! Lastly, I also like to cook and spend time with my family and friends.

About Me

I am currently at UCSD where I'm majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in marine science. My ultimate goal is to acquire a position in a clean energy company to help us move away from "dirty energy" and move towards "clean energy". With my minor I hope to become more knowledgeable in marine science to help with conservation.

As an involved student at my Moreno Valley Community College I tutored at the math lab for a year. My capabilities included all of the undergraduate math classes from basic algebra to linear algebra. Also, I was a supplemental instructor at the community college for 3.5 years for all of the general chemistry classes including AP. Supplemental instructors are like a TA but without the grading. Besides the college level I worked for after school programs, like STARS and Think Together, in Moreno Valley for 2.5 years. My first year was with STARS and I was in charge of the 5th graders. I helped them with homework and provided academic activities for them. With STARS I started the Green Club (alt. energy and nutrition) and was also their football and basketball coach which included 4th and 3rd grade. My second and a half year was with Think Together where I ran a classroom of 26 2nd and 3rd graders. I made daily lesson plans that followed each grade's learning criteria. Lastly, I worked for Prime Time, an after school program through the YMCA-riverside">Riverside that provided tutoring for middle school students.

As a tutor, I like to ask questions that determine a student's strengths and weaknesses. Once those are determined, my approach is to work on those weaknesses by setting small logical feats that the student can accomplish to solve a problem or understand a concept. As they accomplish these feats they start to develop their own logical process or thinking strategies to approach certain types of problems or to understand a concept. Consequently, the students build their confidence and gain momentum in the material. Additionally, if for some r