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​Associate Instructor- Miami Dade College

​2019 - present

 

• Prepares & delivers academic curriculum consistent with Florida State Standards for up to125 low-income first-generation and at high risk of academic failure US military veterans each year.

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• Attends Renaissance TRIO Training Workshops regarding grant evaluation, record tracking and record keeping.

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• Designs, administers and facilitates over 20 online courses for participants in federal grant mandated subjects such as English I, Laboratory Sciences, and Mathematics through Calculus to ensure grant compliance.

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• Communicates grant goals ​to staff, other departments, outside organizations to build relationships and achieve grant objectives.

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• Conducts summative and formative evaluation of all courseware  across each campus, and participants in the creation of yearly Veterans Upward Bound's  Annual Performance Report.

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• Intimate knowledge of federal regulations such as Uniform CFR, GPRA, FERPA and their application to grants. 

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• Strong working knowledge of Miami-Dade College institutional policies.

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• Outlined Veterans Upward Bound Policy and Procedures Manual to objectively state staff expectations, organizational procedures and ensure federal compliance.

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• Collaborated with Resource Development in writing Miami-Dade College's Student Support Services grant proposal's needs section and  competitive preference priorities. 

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• Provided statistical analysis for SSS grant proposal comparing SSS eligible veterans to other groups using institutional research and state data.

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• Assists in advising participants, guiding transition to college

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• Obtains referrals from Success Coaches and refers students to tutoring. Collaborates and interacts with staff.

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• ​Manages Client Relationship Management  (CRM) system totaling over 10,000 people for recruitment efforts. Has managed over a dozen EMP campaigns resulting in the capture of new program participants.

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• Creates and operates Google Classroom to guide program during COVID-19 disruptions. Manages day-to-day operations of all courses and courseware.

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• Achieved Veterans Upward Bound Standardized Testing Objectives for both 2018 and 2019.

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• Attends TRIO training and information sessions such as Council for Opportunity in Education. 

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• Continuously monitors all courseware, student performance and tutorial staff performance.

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• Designs Powerpoints  to spread awareness of VUB to community partners and other Miami Dade College Departments.

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• Spreads awareness of VUB and coordinates with outside community such as community centers, outreach programs and veteran reserve programs.

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• Oversees VUB transitional academy, referring participants to tutor and monitoring staff and participant progress. 

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Author - Miami COVID Project 

​2020- present

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• Analyzes COVID-19 trajectory for tests, cases, hospitalizations, ICU census, ventilations, deaths for Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach Counties, as well as the State of Florida.

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• Summarizes and writes reports for Mayors of Miami, public officials and general public.

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• Designed and administers project website using Python MkDocs.

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• Created Global Information System (GIS) Pediatric COVID-19 Case Dashboard For Florida using Carto and Postgres SQL.

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• Developed SIRD model in Python. 

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• Adapts Oxford-WHO CoMo and other Predictive Models to Miami-Dade County

 

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Biostatistical Researcher-  Statistical Machine Learning Group  

​2019 - present

 

• Conducted predictive machine learning analysis in CDC's NHANES III dataset to predict diabetes and pre-diabetes. Compared 6 machine learning models based on performance on ROC Curve.

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• Works collaboratively on NIH Supported Grant 

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• Aggregates and cleans Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) glioma microarray datasets.

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• In process of reverse engineering genes to examine genetic determinants of Glioblastoma Multiform and Astrocytomas via Bayesian Inference. 

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Biostatistical Intern - Baptist Health Center for Advanced Analytics

​2019 - 2020

 

• Conducted comparison of six machine learning model’s ability to predict mortality in CDC’s NHANES III Dataset using Python’s Sklearn.

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• Adapted dose-response meta analysis to evaluate utility of CAPRA Score in predicting biochemical reoccurrence following radical prostatectomy in prostate cancer patients. 

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• Built and deployed Shiny App to compute logistic regressions with GUI using R Shiny. https://rlwiii.shinyapps.io/Logreg/ 

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• Replicated dose response meta analysis using Life’s Simple 7 Score’s in regards to cardiovascular disease, cancer mortality, stroke mortality, and all- cause mortality.

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Tutor - Miami Dade College

​2018 - 2019

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• Provides one-on-one, group, in person, and virtual instruction to pre-college and college students.

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• Works exclusively with veteran population.

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• Subjects taught range from Math, English, Humanities, Chemistry, Biology.

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• Devises study plans and schedules for students. Corresponds with them throughout semester to implement plan.

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• Works with and accommodated ACCESS students throughout their course of study.

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• Development of instructional videos to aid students in course progress.

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• Collaborates with social media office to oversee both paid and organic social media growth campaigns.

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• Participates in data fetching and data organization for Annual Performance Report. 

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• Creates Powerpoints to spread VUB awareness institutionally and for outside community partners.

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Private Tutor - Self Employed 

2012 - 2018

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• Offered affordable, effective, and results driven, remote/ in-person tutorial services.

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• Tutoring in MCAT, GRE, FCAT, ACT, SAT.

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• Tutoring of secondary to post graduate students.

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• Usage of mnemonics, chunking and other memorization techniques

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• Tutored clientele with diverse range of interests, backgrounds an abilities.

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• 95% Success rate as measured by students achieving pre-tutoring goals.

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After School Instructor  - J.D Parker School of Technology

2008 - 2011

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• Worked in academic setting instructing students in Math and Reading for FCAT Standardized test

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• Worked with small, leveled groups in both reading and math, teaching and modeling phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension strategies for reading.

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• Instructed students in 3rd grade math which included strategies for multiplication, division, fractions, equivalent fractions, time and elapsed time.

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• Used accommodations based on IEP and ELL requirements.

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• Worked at Title I School instructing low SES students.

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