Yahira Mendoza

• Helped students achieve real, measurable academic growth in a high-accountability environment, regardless of where they started. By the end of each school year, students who began two years behind typically closed that gap to one year or reached grade level, and students already on grade level advanced to mid-year mastery of the next grade's standards.
• Used state results data and daily classwork to adapt instruction in real time—re-teaching or reframing concepts with relatable, real-world examples (like budgeting for a pizza party or calculating unit rates on Takis) that helped students connect abstract math to their everyday lives.
• Built an inclusive, supportive classroom where every student feels seen. This included scaffolding lessons for students with IEPs, and offering multiple ways to access content—through visuals, hands-on tasks, small group problem-solving, including classroom actors, main characters, or tech tools.
• Consistently ran summer school programs for six years, helping students catch up on missed skills and re-engage with learning in a motivating and structured environment.
• Collaborated with an incredible coach and team, contributing to a culture of growth where data, empathy, and high expectations worked hand in hand.
• Regularly adjusted lessons catering to the cohort when a new misconception arises, guiding students through error analysis, and helping them strengthen their own understanding by unpacking mistakes in a constructive, safe, and curious space. Use scholar exemplars to guide me in their own understanding, meet them and bridge them to the next step.
• Facilitated learning beyond content—coaching students to become active listeners, thoughtful leaders, and strong peer collaborators.
• I attended and applied insights from professional development workshops on brain science, engagement strategies, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to help students retain information and stay invested in their progress. I implemented learned techniques in my classroom to foster a rigorous culture.

• Promoted to a Medical Advisor position by the Education Lead.
• Collaborate, both as leaders and team members.
• Solve or incorporate real-world challenges.
• Organized, stored, and inventoried supplied items to efficiently manage program materials.
• Taught a skills-based learning medical curriculum to 6th–9th grade students for four six-day sessions.
• I studied the curriculum and took a role under time-sensitive conditions.
• Communicated regularly with supervisors to collect feedback, to grow as a leader, and employee.

Worked with aquatic organisms, Astyanax mexicanus, found in Mexico. One major response to cave adaptation is changes in metabolism due to the limited amount of food for prolonged events. Analyses of morphological data and learning advanced lab techniques and concepts.

• Analyses of morphological data, and learning advanced lab techniques and concepts.
• Assist with experiments as necessary, with precise time management skills, and attention to detail.
• Interpersonal communication skills, including group and one-on-one settings. Be able to multitask several important assignments at once.
• Highly productive, efficient, and able to troubleshoot independently.
• Work according to time constraints, and complete work accurately.