Andrea Chavez
Horizon City,El Paso
Summary
Highly motivated Environmental Scientist graduate student with strong communication and organization skills. Currently pursuing a certificate in Geospatial Information Science and Technology and Big Data Analytics. Previously a talented teacher with the exceptional ability to establish cooperative, professional relationships with parents, staff and administration. A clear communicator who prioritizes students' success, as well as their holistic development.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
English Language Arts Teacher
Idea Public Schools
El Paso, Texas
07.2021 - 01.2024
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Personalized instruction and personal mentoring based on individual strengths and abilities.
- Boosted student success by maximizing individual learning, balancing group and individual instruction models to accommodate different academic levels.
- Became a level 3 teacher in terms of Idea's Teacher Career Pathway after one school year due to high student achievements, student input, parent and family input, core values, and manager's ratings on guidepost for excellent teaching.
Undergraduate Senior Project
UTEP
El Paso, Texas
01.2020 - 05.2020
- Tested the relationship of high concentration of PM in relation to windy days and ozone concentrations in relation to non-windy days, along with seasonal variance throughout a period of 20 years at three different weather stations.
- Found that the study sites had nearly no relationship between PM, ozone, and wind; wind speed had a dispersion effect on parameter, but parameter concentration was inversely proportional to wind speed; combined regressions and timeline analysis confirmed our hypothesized seasonal variance.
Undergraduate Research
UTEP
El Paso, Texas
08.2017 - 04.2018
- Conducted research on duck behavior at Keystone Heritage Park at El Paso, TX under a mentorship with UTEP professor Dr. Philip Lavretsky.
- Tested if duck behavior; such as swimming, feeding/dabbling, calling, flying, preening, etc. differed in the morning and afternoon and the statistical significance. Collecting and understanding waterfowl behavior provides essential info. towards the ecology and resource requirements of species.
- Presented at COURI Symposium in which I explained how my research was gathered, knowledge of duck species, addressed questions, and how I used my critical thinking and problem-solving skills for the creation of graphs and interpretation of results.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas 08.2016 - 12.2020
Master of Science - Professional Sciences
The University of Texas at El Paso
EL Paso, Texas 01.2021 -
Skills
- Remote Sensing
- ESRI ArcGIS
- Data Collection
- Environmental Regulations
- Water Collection
- Geospatial Information Science and Technology Skills
- Coding Languages: R Programming and Python
- Communication
- Leadership
- Time Management
- Critical thinking
Languages
English
Fluent
Spanish
Native
Timeline
English Language Arts Teacher
Idea Public Schools
07.2021 - 01.2024
Master of Science - Professional Sciences
The University of Texas at El Paso
01.2021 -
Undergraduate Senior Project
UTEP
01.2020 - 05.2020
Undergraduate Research
UTEP
08.2017 - 04.2018
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science
The University of Texas at El Paso
08.2016 - 12.2020