Miriam Calderon

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills, a dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Agricultural Certifications:

• Certified Private Applicator, #0843403, 11/2020, Texas Department of Agriculture, Certified Private Pesticide Applicator License.

Educator Certifications:

• TEXES (238) LIFE SCIENCE 7-12 CONTENT EXAM Certification, 05/24/2018
• TEXES (160) PEDAGOGY & PROF RESP EC-12 Certification, 08/20/2018
• Region One Substitute Teacher Certification Academy, 04/09/2024 - 04/10/2024

• Heino Brasch Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Citrus Center, Spring 2020, $1,000
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Texas A&M University Kingsville, September 2021

• Assessing Fungal Plant Pathogen Presence in Irrigation Water from the Rio Grande River in South Texas, USA, Calderon, Miriam, Chuanyu Yang, and Veronica Ancona, Agriculture, 13, 7, 1401, 07/14/2023. The Journal of Agriculture https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13071401

• Identification of Fungal Plant Pathogens in Irrigation Water in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Miriam Calderon, MS, Proquest online, https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7f698b4a-d30b-3ba4-a82e-cdbc6f769e8a

Volunteer Biology Intern

McAllen Nature Center McAllen, TX - Oct 2016 to Feb 2017

Learned identification of local native wildlife around the park such as native birds, native plants, and local insects and animals. Planting, transporting, watering trees and plants throughout the property. Participated in Reforestation efforts for the MNC, weeding invasive grasses and ensuring that the property was cleared for reforestation. Greeted and engaged guests at the visitor's center by promoting all upcoming events and answering questions.

Volunteer, Native Plant Garden

Museum of South Texas History, Edinburg, Texas Oct 2018 to Nov 2018

Cleared the plant landscape from invasive grass and weeds in the museum's native garden area. Gained Knowledge on local medicinal plants and valley native plants in native garden.

Volunteer Summer Assistant

Texas A&M University, Kingsville - Citrus Center, Weslaco, TX Jun 2019 to Jul 2019

Watered plants in the greenhouses daily. Gained experience helping Post-doc on field work outside in the groves collecting leaf and soil auger samples. Learned laboratory techniques such as DNA Extraction and Real-Time PCR