Mayra A. Vavrica     

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

  • Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, SDSU Fall 2005
  • Minor in Spanish, SDSU Fall 2005

 

Poway High School, Poway, CA

  • High School Diploma, Fall 1994

 

RECOGNITION:

 

Imperial Valley College (IVC)

  • 1st place in geometry, math festival, 1992

 

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

  • Dean’s List College of Sciences for Spring 2005

 

 

EMPLOYMENT:     

 

University of Washington, Seattle, WA (June, 2006- present)

  • CRA-W DMP mentee under Prof. Linda Shapiro, Image Analysis

 

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (January- May, 2006)

  • Grader for Math 245- Discrete Math

 

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (August- December, 2005)

  • Workshop Leader for multivariable calculus in the Minority Engineering and Science Programs

 

Polish Radio, Ostrava, Czech Republic (March- July, 2004)

  • Broadcasted English language news

 

Jazykova Skola Mayflower, Ostrava, Czech Republic  (September, 2002 – July, 2004)

  • Founder and Principal- 75 students
  • teacher of English, Spanish, and Math
  • scheduled all classes
  • prepared students for the Cambridge First Certificate in English exam
  • developed comprehensive marketing plan
  • developed all curriculum for all classes

 

OTHER:                    

 

Fluent in English, Spanish, and Czech languages

  • Knowledge of Italian, French, and Slovak languages
  • Published poet in an anthology of poems by poetry.com
  • Former intern at NBC 7/39 translating from English to Spanish
  • SDSU’s Student Chapter ACM Secretary
  • Knowledge of various programming languages
  • Observed at Hoover High School’s Academy of Information Technology (AOIT), Rosa Parks Elementary School, and Andrew Jackson Elementary School
  • Organized a tour of SDSU for Hoover High School AOIT students

 

 

SKILLS:                    

 

  • Strong organizational and personal characteristics
  • Translation and Interpretation
  • Coordinator, Leader and Scheduler
  • Excellent interdepartmental team player
  • Self-motivated, Professional, Creative, Assertive

 

PERSONAL:             

 

Hobbies: traveling, reading, movies, writing

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

 

  • Greater San Diego Math Consul (GSDMC)
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
  • Student California Teacher’s Association (SCTA)
  • Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)
  • San Diego State University’s Student Chapter ACM
  • Society of Physics Students (SPS) San Diego State University Chapter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phone:              (858) 231-2794

Email:               mvavrica (at) cs (dot) washington (dot ) edu                 

Webpage:         http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/mvavrica/