Sept. 2026 Invited Panelist at the McNair Fall Retreat
Title: Graduate School Experience
Feb. 2025 Judge for the Horizon Montessori Public Schools Math Olympiad
I assisted with the grading exams for the Math Olympiad.
Nov. 2024 Invited Panelist at the Texas Undergraduate Math Conference
Title: Doctoral Programs
July 2024 Invited Panelist at the LSAMP Professional Development Seminar
Title: Thriving in Graduate School
LSAMP is the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program "assists universities and colleges in their efforts to significantly increase the numbers of students matriculating into and successfully completing high-quality degree programs in STEM disciplines."
April 2024 Mathematics Student Representative - UTRGV Recruiting Fair for the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (SMSS)
As an SMSS student representative, I answered questions about the courses offered by the SMSS at a transfer student orientation recruiting fair.
April 2024 The 5th UTRGV School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Teaching-Related Workshop Co-Chair
I helped in recruiting other graduate teaching assistants to speak at the workshop on our teaching experiences as graduate students.
Graduate Student Representative
I ran graduate fair booths promoting the math degrees offered by the UTRGV SMSS at the following conferences.
Nov. 2024 Graduate Fair Booth at the Texas Undergraduate Math Conference
Jan. 2024 Graduate Fair Booth at the Joint Mathematics Meetings
Oct. 2023 Graduate Fair Booth at the Texas Undergraduate Math Conference
Feb. 2023 Graduate Fair Booth at the Gulf States Math Alliance Conference
Jan. 2023 Graduate Fair Booth at the Joint Mathematics Meetings
Oct. 2022 Graduate Fair Booth at the Texas Undergraduate Math Conference
Dec. 2023 Judge for the Horizon Montessori Public Schools STEM Fair
I graded the science fair presentations of 2nd-8th grade students.
Oct. 2023 Volunteer for the Horizon Montessori Public Schools Math Olympiad
I proctored exams for the Math Olympiad and assisted with the grading.
Feb. 2023 Invited Panelist at the Gulf States Math Alliance Conference
Title: What I Wish I Knew Before Graduate School
The Gulf States Math Alliance is an organization that covers the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The organizers invited me to talk about my experiences in graduate school in the "What I Wish I Knew Before Graduate School" panel.
Jan. '23 - Graduate Student Member- UTRGV Math Society
I help with the fundraisers organized by the Math Society. I was a volunteer at the Pie Your Professor Day Fundraisers. ('23 & '24)
June-Aug. 2022 Graduate Student Mentor for the UTRGV SLOAN Math Pathways Summer REU
The responsibilities I held as a graduate student mentor for this REU included proctoring GRE practice exams, running a crash-course on GRE Exam strategies for Calculus-based questions, give a lesson on "An Introduction to Mathematica", graded the students' presentations on their delivery and offered advise for improvement. Several panels were also held where the REU students had the opportunity to ask the Graduate Mentors any questions they had on a variety of topics ranging including applying to graduate schools, how to typeset in LaTex, and how to maintain a work-school-life balance.
2024 - 2025 Graduate Research Assistant
February 2025 American Mathematical Society Spring 2025 Sectional Travel Grant
A $250 travel scholarship was awarded to attend the Spring 2025 Eastern Sectional Meeting in Hartford, CT.
January 2025 Joint Mathematics Meetings Graduate Student Travel Award
A $1400 travel scholarship was awarded to attend the 2025 Joint Mathematics Meetings.
October 2024 UTRGV Student Government Association Student Travel Award
A $2000 travel scholarship was awarded to attend the 2025 Joint Mathematics Meetings.
October 2024 UTRGV Graduate College Graduate Student Travel Award
A $500 travel scholarship was awarded to attend the 2025 Joint Mathematics Meetings.
May 2024 UTRGV Math Society Honor Roll
UTRGV Math Society Most Active Graduate Student
UTRGV Math Society Outstanding PhD Research Performance Award
UTRGV Math Society Overall Outstanding PhD Student
UTRGV Math Society Best Lecturer
I was nominated and selected by the members (students and faculty) of the UTRGV Math Society for these awards.
January 2024 UTRGV Student Government Association Student Travel Award
January 2024 UTRGV Graduate College Graduate Student Travel Award
Summer 2023 🔗 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science selects fellows to, "support the advancement of scientific research." I was selected for the Summer 2020 program, but was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. I conducted research for my dissertation as a research fellow under the supervision of Professor Soichi Okada at Nagoya University in Japan from June to August 2023.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
2021 - 2024 As a Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant, I have taught a variety of courses under minimal supervision from an Instructor of Record. I have also created lesson plans and graded for each class.
2020 - 2021 As a Master's Graduate Teaching Assistant, I taught one course and graded for several undergraduate courses.
2019 - 2021 Presidential Graduate Research Assistant
Fellows receive a stipend and scholarship to support their research.
English (Fluent)
Spanish (Native)
French (A2)
My first language is Spanish; I started speaking English when I was six years old. I am learning French on Duolingo.
"Il y a un cheval dans la maison." - Duolingo