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Noyce Scholar Profile

Eva Mondragon

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Biology

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Biology, grades 9-12

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Noyce Scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
University of La Verne

Current academic or teaching status:
Junior

School and school district:
N/A

Background:

I am a first generation American and the youngest daughter of four girls. I am the mother of an eight-year-old girl who is currently in the third grade. I am a returning college student, after over ten years of making a living at jobs that I was not passionate about. Fortunately I have an amazingly supportive husband and family who pushed me to go back to school and find my dream of being a science teacher.

Why do you want to teach:

I believe that educators have such a strong influence on society and children in general. If that influence is taken seriously and handled with care, I believe an educator can influence generations of people to make the world a better place. I feel that if I can influence just one individual to find his or her dream and to not be afraid to challenge themselves to be a better student and a better person, then I will have reached my ultimate goal.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

My teaching experiences thus far have been limited to volunteering in my daughter’s classroom, which was also a motivational experience for me to pursue a career in teaching. I remember a time that I took Petri dishes into my daughter’s class to collect airborne bacteria for one of my classes. I explained to the class what I was doing, how my experiment was structured, and that I was curious to see what I could potentially grow from a classroom. The children were so excited about my plans, and they had so many questions, not all of which I had answers to. This inspired me to learn more, and I encouraged them to write down their questions so that I could find all of the answers for them. The next time I saw the class, one student was very excited to show me that he had picked a science book from the library; he was reading about making up his own experiments.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

The Noyce program has been an amazing help to me financially. I have been able to focus solely on school because of the aid that I have been granted. I also feel very proud to be considered a Noyce scholar, an honor that I take very seriously. The Noyce program hopes to encourage excellence in math and science, and I am proud to be a part of a program and a community with such admirable goals.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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