Experience

Portage Learning
• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Biology and Chemistry Instructor

  • Mar 2023 - Present

South Fayette School District
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Biology and Chemistry Teacher

  • Jun 2018 - Mar 2021


University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2017 - Jun 2018

  In June I completed a Master of Arts (MAT) in Teaching, Secondary Science with a Biology concentration. I passed my Biology Praxis test with an honors score (181) specifically scoring above average in Nature of Science, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics and Evolutions, Diversity of Life and Organismal Biology. During the program I was an intern teacher for a full academic year in a high school in the Pittsburgh area teaching Biology. In June I completed a Master of Arts (MAT) in Teaching, Secondary Science with a Biology concentration. I passed my Biology Praxis test with an honors score (181) specifically scoring above average in Nature of Science, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics and Evolutions, Diversity of Life and Organismal Biology. During the program I was an intern teacher for a full academic year in a high school in the Pittsburgh area teaching Biology.



Stitch Fix

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Stylist

  • Nov 2016 - Sep 2017

  I selected clothing and accessories for clients and included a note about how to wear each piece and incorporate it into the client's closet. I also monitored client feedback and took action as needed. I selected clothing and accessories for clients and included a note about how to wear each piece and incorporate it into the client's closet. I also monitored client feedback and took action as needed.



Trinity Christian School

• United States

• Teacher's Aide

  • Aug 2016 - Jun 2017

  Teacher's Aide for 3rd-6th grade. My primary role was to provide individual assistance to students that were struggling academically through tutoring, modifying assessments, helping with test-taking strategies, or to teach students lessons that they missed while absent. I also assisted teachers in grading and preparation of materials and occasionally supplemented some biology knowledge in classes such as the use of microscopes. Teacher's Aide for 3rd-6th grade. My primary role was to provide individual assistance to students that were struggling academically through tutoring, modifying assessments, helping with test-taking strategies, or to teach students lessons that they missed while absent. I also assisted teachers in grading and preparation of materials and occasionally supplemented some biology knowledge in classes such as the use of microscopes.



Forbes Regional Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Phlebotomist

  • Sep 2015 - Apr 2016

  I worked casually as a Phlebotomist in the Laboratory Department, performing venipuncture for inpatients at Forbes Regional Hospital. I worked casually as a Phlebotomist in the Laboratory Department, performing venipuncture for inpatients at Forbes Regional Hospital.



Susquehanna University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant-Systematic Biology

  • Jan 2014 - May 2015

  Prepared laboratories for students and supervised them, graded exams, quizzes, worksheets, helped students with projects, cleaned and organized the laboratory space and the fossil/preserved specimen collection, helped professors with other needed tasks.

• Biology Department Animal Caretaker

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2014

  Cared for several aquatic species (alligator gar, axoltol, frog, several native fish, crayfish, sea urchin, jellyfish, tadpoles), bearded dragon, and Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Maintained and cleaned tanks. Worked on a flexible schedule for 10 hours per week or more as needed.



SUMCD Children's Center

• Teachers Aide

  • Sep 2012 - May 2015

  Assisted in preschool classes and provided care for ages infant-3 years old. Assisted in preschool classes and provided care for ages infant-3 years old.

• Emergency Medicine Summer Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Conducted research at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research mainly on the CABAPS project, a research study aimed at understanding more about cardiac arrest. Specifically I recruited cardiac arrest patients into the study, collected data and blood from them at defined time points, took blood samples to the lab and used a Nitric Oxide Analyzer (NOA) to determine the amount of NO in each sample.I also participated in weekly journal clubs and learned emergency medicine skills such as starting IVs and CPR. Show less



Leo McCafferty, MD, FACS

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Employee

  • Dec 2011 - Aug 2013

  Filed and organized medical charts, prepared patient information packets, other office tasks. Filed and organized medical charts, prepared patient information packets, other office tasks.