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Experience

Peace Corps Tanzania/Kenya (2007-2009)
Math and Science Teacher
• Taught college-level Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics courses in an underfunded magnet school. As the only Physics or Math teacher in Ndanda, my formal duties included
o Teaching over 30 class-hours per week.
o Responsibility for over 500 pupils at any given time.
o Writing and marking the mock physics and chemistry examinations for two entire regions.
o Conducting weekly experiments and tests for all physics, chemistry and math students.
o Preparing and administering daily practicals during school breaks.
o Assuming responsibility for all materials and textbooks in the math and physics departments.
• As head of the science department, oversaw a 4% rise in the school’s pass rate and received a government citation.
• Served as faculty advisor to the school’s FEMA branch, a national organization dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS, promoting healthy lifestyles, and empowering youth. Activities included
o Organizing events, with about 100 participants from 5-7 secondary schools, designed to spread HIV/AIDS awareness. Specific duties involved applying for grants, arranging for lodging and meals, and coordinating with hospital workers and a local NGO.
o Organized weekly FEMA meetings. Activities included lessons, debates, and drama.
• Served as teacher of machines;:
o taught typing classes to interested faculty members on the only available computer.
o filled out all of the school’s electronic registration forms.
o typed the mock examinations in all subjects for two regions.
• Organized field trips to nearby sites, including a tour of a hospital laboratory and a geology walk.
• Integrated into two cultures by using community entry techniques and becoming proficient in Kiswahili.
New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York (2005, 2007)
Physiology Research Assistant
• Conducted experiments on pulmonary vasoconstriction and analyzed results.
• Publications:
a. “Protoporphyrin IX generation from d-aminolevulinic acid elicits pulmonary artery relaxation and soluble guanylate cyclase activation” Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 291: L337-L344, 2006
b. “Heme oxygenase-1 induction depletes heme and attenuates pulmonary artery relaxation and guanylate cyclase activation by nitric oxide” Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 294: H1244–H1250, 2008

Anthony F. Veteran Pool, Greenburgh, New York (2001-2006)
Lifeguard/Swim Coach
• Organized practices and meets for a competitive swim team with over 100 children.
• Taught swim classes consisting of 8-20 children ages 5-12.
• Oversaw the team improve from fourth to first place over three years.

Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts (2004-2007)
Lifeguard
• Balanced a part time lifeguard job with classes and practices.
• Taught weekly swim lessons to children ages 4-13.

Education

Amherst College, Amherst, MA (2003-2007)
B.A., Double Major: Chemistry and History
• GPA: 3.53

Awards and Achievements______________________________________________________________

• GRE: 800 Math(94%), 710 Verbal(98%)
• MCAT: 32S (87%)
• 2003 Amherst College Harry de Forest Smith Classics Greek Scholar



Interests

Proficient classical pianist and pipe organist, languages (conversational in Swahili), marathon running, swimming (Varsity athlete), water polo, hiking, outdoors, reading.