Teaching
From being an electronics teaching fellow at Harvard, to giving lessons about biomaterials and preparing students to take the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship exam in secondary school, to teaching English to Chilean children and university students, I have always had a keen interest in teaching, as I feel that education is a vital component in building a thriving society.
TEACHING FELLOW FOR Undergraduate ELECTRONICS, Harvard Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
As a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University, I assisted the professor in running a practical lab in which students designed and prototyped circuits, and hosted office hours. Additionally, I helped to design and execute new lab exercises for an updated curriculum in collaboration with teaching staff and students. For this work, I have received four distinction in teaching awards from the Harvard Teaching Center. I still continue to enjoy working with students every semester through tutoring or hosting extra lab hours for under-staffed classes.
English Teacher, Chile 2016
During my gap year, I volunteered at a local school and university in Coyhaique, Chile, where I taught english to school children and university students in Spanish. This was a uniquely challenging experience, as aside from engaging the class in a language I had little experience with, I needed to follow a strict syllabus and control what was often a troublesome class. The experience gave me a newfound respect for the profession, immensely improved my Spanish and made me a more patient and understanding person.
Biomaterials 2014
At secondary school in 2014, I was volunteered to prepare a lesson for students doing GCSE science who wanted to go beyond the syllabus. The lesson was about biomaterials and in it, I asked students to explore various properties of different materials and coatings, such as the absorbent hydrogels of nappies and the hydrophobic and hydrophilic nature of different leaves, and how these properties may be applied to different uses.