Education

Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, ID 1999-2006
B.S., Biology Education; expected April 2006; GPA 3.59, academic scholarship.
-Minors: Chemistry Education and Spanish Education.
-Years 2000-2002 were spent living in Peru; speak Spanish fluently.

Related Experience

Student Teaching Currently
Madison High School, Rexburg, ID
-Classes include Anatomy & Physiology, General Biology, Greenhouse and a team-taught Science/English class for struggling students.

Income Tax Class Instructor Fall 2005
H&R Block, Rexburg, ID
-Taught potential H&R Block interns a class on the basics of income tax preparation.

Student Mentor Spring 2004
Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, ID
-Worked with a professor in developing a program in which college students helped Jr. High and High School students improve ISAT scores.

Methods/Practicum Experience 2003-2005
Public Schools in Rexburg and Idaho Falls; BYU-I
-Observed teachers at High School, Jr. High and University levels.
-Taught in a Jr. High Life Science class and a college Biology 101 class and lab.
-Helped Jr. High students in developing reading and vocabulary strategies.

Instructional Aide 2003-2004
Sugar-Salem School District, Sugar City, ID
- Assisted 5 th grade boy with autism in improving cognitive and vocational skills; also helped to administer the ISAT exam to him.

Hobbies & Interests

Photography, computers, web design, educational technology, sports, reading.

Awards received

1999 – United States Achievement Academy Science Award
1998 – National Honors Society
1996 – Breakfast Club Science Award
1995 – Eagle Scout Award