·
f/t caregiver due to family health crisis
|
Tutor SAT Prep (Math, Verbal, and Chemistry Subject Test)
· Twice Chosen as Teacher of the Month (May 2007 & April 2009)
York College of CUNY……………………………………………………………….………Summer 2006
Queens, NY
· Taught college-level Biology course to motivated high school students
New York City Department of Education…………………………………………..Sep 2004 – Sep 2006
New York, New York
· Taught Ecology, Environmental Science, and Living Environment classes in Manhattan high schools
The Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation…...............………..................Oct 2002 – Aug 2004
Bronx, New York
· Assisted in biomedical research. (I was responsible for an ongoing experiment which investigated the biological mechanism behind TB’s resistance to macrolides, a family of antibiotics. This research may lead to the development of a drug to which M. tuberculosis has not yet developed resistance.)
· Maintained research laboratories.
Industrial C & D.………………….……………………………………………………...........1987 – 1994
South Amboy, New Jersey
· Configured and operated the computer-aided-drafting system of a small pump control manufacturing firm.
· Trained other employees in use of system.
· Assembled, wired, and tested equipment in factory and field.
SMALL GROUP TEACHING / INDIVIDUAL TUTORING EXPERIENCE
(MOSTLY VOLUNTEER)
Learning Leaders (Math and Biology)….....…………..................….…….............................. 2002 – 2004
Research Foundation of the City University of New York (ESL and Math)…………….….1992 – 1995
Literacy Volunteers of America (ESL)…...………………..……………….…………………1987 – 1991
EDUCATION
Master’s Teacher Education Program in Biology.……………...………..........................….2004 – 2007
2004 Teaching Opportunity Program (TOP) Scholar
Hunter College, New York
TOP is a highly selective graduate scholarship program to prepare teachers of Math
and Science for the NYC Public Schools.
Degree awarded: May 2007
Master’s Program in Public Health: Environ. and Occup. Health…………..………….....1996 – 1998
New Jersey Graduate Program in Public Health
Rutgers / University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
Degree awarded: Jan 1998
3/2 Mechanical Engineering B.A. Program..………….....……………………..................….1981 – 1986
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
Degree awarded: Jun 1986
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION, PUBLICATIONS, & CERTIFICATIONS
Undergraduate Biology Curriculum...……………………………….…………....……….....2000 – 2004
(including Molec Bio [ A+], Molec Gntcs [ A-], Biotech Lab Wrkshp [A+]), and O Chem [ A-] )
Hunter College, New York
Geographic Information Systems Certification.…………………………………..….……...1999 – 2003
(including graduate geography curriculum and a medical application:
the computerized mapping and spatial analysis of TB strains in NJ)
Hunter College, New York
The Mercury Poisoning Project.…………………………………..……………….….……………....1997
Brooklyn, New York
· Co-authored, with Dr. Arnold P. Wendroff, “Mercury Exposure from Magico-
Religious Use in Hispanic and Caribbean Homes” (Environmental Times, Fall 1999)
New Jersey Environmental Health Inspector
Certificate awarded: 1994
REFERENCES WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST
