Ruth Estefanía Erazo González
Mathematician · STEAM Teacher
· PROFILE ·
My education is home-school based (from elementary school to high school).
My interest in math began in middle school. Not having teachers to guide me properly led me to find a way to understand maths by reading books. My interest in math topics was such that I decided to get a math degree. Homeschool helped me to develop self-taught skills.
My experience as a teacher started during my senior year. I was hired as teacher assistant in my college for the introductory workshop of the science degree, I helped new students to understand the basic math for the first semester of the science degree. I was also hired as a middle school math teacher and I had the opportunity to train middle schoolers for the Mathematical Olympiad Contest and to participate as a workshop teacher of different mathematical playful activities, these helped me to create different ideas to explore math in the classroom with my students.
I graduate with the vision of promoting the spread and development of the scientific knowledge, more particularly, the mathematical reasoning, and also to motivate the interest of the community towards mathematics.
My mision is to generate and transmit knowledge in exact and basic sciences, as well as the training of high-level human resources in these areas through teaching and researching.
One of my methods is to plan strategies and material for problem solving that involves the use of logical synthesis and the tangible experience for a better understanding of math.
I have experience in working with different math difficulty levels (from middle school to university).
I gave private tutoring on different math topics, such as Euclidean geometry, analytical geometry, integral and
differential calculus, combinatorics, trigonometry, complex analysis, differential equations, superior algebra, linear algebra, probability, statistics, physics, Mathematical Olympiad lessons, among others.
I'm currently working as a math teacher for 8th and 9th graders, and science teacher to 9th grader's. Last year, I was promoted to be 9th grader's tutor.
During the past year I decided to start a new pathway in my career, as a Logistics and Transportation Engineer, I’ve learned a lot, applying my skills in data science and excel to build up strategies or solutions to problems with a given data.
· EDUCATION ·
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos: August 2012 – July 2018. Mathematics Degree
Instituto de Diseño e Imagen Profesional: September 2017 – April 2018. Professional Makeup Artist.
Filmoteca UNAM: April 2018 – May 2018. An introduction to the basic visuals of photography: “La luz y su lenguaje”.
DAVICU: Escuela de Artes October 2018 – December 2018. Literary Creation Workshop.
CREHANA: August 2019 - November 2021. Freestyle embroidery techniques.
Universidad Autónomadel Estado de Morelos: January 2021 – July 2021 - Data Sciences Analyst Diplomat.
Universidad Abierta y a Distancia de México: January 2024 - Current - Logistics and Transportation Engineering
· SOFTWARE ·
Python & Scratch: I used these tools to teach the basics of a programming language to elementary schoolers. I'm currently taking a course at Udemy to refresh my Python knowledge.
Microsoft Office tools – Power Point, Word, Excel: I use excel to digitalize the measurable academic
monitoring of my students.
Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Skype and Google Meet: I used these platforms during the pandemic to teach and I actually use them for math assesories or work meetings.
Adobe Photoshop: I used this as an edition tool for photography while I was taking the photography workshop.
G-Suite: I greatly enjoy to work with these education tools, my favorite is Jamboard (I use it more than Google
Slides), I prepare my classroom material and post it virtually on the classroom platform. I'm currently learning to use Google Collaboratory, which is an app similar to G-Drive, but for coding language notes.
BlinkLearning: This is a Larousse platform with digital content, I take great pleassure in preparing material using this tool as well, I use it for planning the science topics content.
Mathletics: It is a platform that can match the mathematical curriculum of several countries and it has exclusive solving exercises to work out virtually, it also has a lot of printable resources for sustaining the classroom activities.
Aleks: This is also a math platform, it works similar to mathletics, but its content is heavier to visual learners (I like more Mathletics, though).
Canva: I rarely use canva, but I pursue my students to use it to show their conclusions or their projects in a digital version.
version.
LaTex: I edited my thesis with this text editor, it has commands to write complex mathematical notation and it's very friendly to use.
Maple: I use this program that works like a calculator for complex mathematics.
Genially: I use this platform to generate gamification activities for my students.
Power BI: I used this tool to do an analysis of certain data in Logistics and Transportation Engineering.
• WORK EXPERIENCE •
- Math particular assesories. August 2014 – Active.
- Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Zip Code: 62209 Cuernavaca, Mor. | Mathematical Olympiad Trainer. March 15th 2014 | March 1st 2016 – April 30th 2016
- I trained middle and high school studentsfor the state competition of the MexicanMathematics Olympiad in Morelos.
- Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Zip Code: 62209 Cuernavaca, Mor. | Workshop assistant. From July 6th 2015 to July 31st 2015
- I was teacher assistant in the introductory workshop courses of for obtaining a science degree at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos.
- Don Miguel Hidalgo 14-24, Col. Chamilpa, Zip Code: 62210 Cuernavaca, Mor. | Workshop teacher. October 2016 – November 2016
- I taught various workshops related to mathematics in an ARTEMAT project for PRONAPRED called “Matemáticas para la paz”, with the purpose of spreading the application or use of mathematics in everyday life through playful activities.
- Av. Costera Miguel Alemán 1803, Col. Magallanes, Zip Code: 39670 Acapulco, Gro. |Mathematical Olympiad committee staff member of the 30th Mexican Mathematical Olympiad. November 6th 2016 – November 11th 2016
- Camino aLos Querubines 105, Col. El Ranchito, Zip Code: 67300, Santiago N. L. | STEAM Teacher. August 20th 2018 – Active.
- I planned strategies for teaching mathematics, science and an introduction of coding with python (in English language) to middle school students in the Instituto Laurens A. C. (a bilingual school)
- Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Roble 2do. Sector, Zip Code: 66450, San Nicolás de los Garza, N. L. | English Teacher. July 29th 2019 – January 14th 2021.
- I taught English (4th level) at the InstitutoOne on One.
• My Creative Portfolio: A Showcase of My Digital Projects •
During the pandemic, I created youtube videos to answer my students questions, of an specific topic or exercise, this is an example in Spanish.
I also showed how to design/create games through structural instructions in Scratch.
In this QR code you will find a sample of the type of material that I create for my students classroom.
• Contact •
I would be happy to discuss my experience and qualifications with you, so please feel free to contact me.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men. Proverbs 22:29