Will Cabanela, Msn, Rn Email & Phone Number

UCI Medical Center - Medical ICU

UCI Medical Center - Medical ICU

Irvine, California, United States

• Promoted to Lead Teaching Assistant to help manage a team of 14 other educators and teach them how to facilitate anatomy labs using lesson plans I created or improved.
• Enhanced student learning for 150+ human anatomy students by implementing active learning techniques and creating interactive lesson plans for two 3-hour anatomy labs each week.
• Received an "Excellent" average evaluation score of 8.78 on a scale of 0-9 across 8 anatomy lab sections. Please see my attached evaluations below! Each PDF has 2 different sets of evaluations.

Irvine, California, United States

• Taught 90+ freshman undergraduate students on how to excel in their first university-level biology course by facilitating three 1-hour active learning discussions per week and providing a safe learning environment.
• Received an average evaluation score of 7.60 on a scale of 0-9 across 3 discussion sections. Please see my attached evaluations below!

University Of California, Irvine (UCI)

Granted this DTEI Graduate Fellowship based on my outstanding teaching performance to improve anatomy students’ learning by creating interactive course materials, classroom activities, and lesson plans for the Human Anatomy labs.

Irvine, California, United States

• Promoted active learning to 400+ genetics students by conducting four 1-hour discussions per week, creating interactive lesson plans, and leading a team of three other Teaching Assistants.
• Received an "Excellent" average evaluation score of 8.44 on a scale of 0-9 across 11 discussion sections. Please see my attached evaluations below!

Irvine, California, United States

• Improved student learning by conducting two 1-hour active learning discussions with 50+ organic chemistry students per week, holding office hours, creating study guides, and providing exam review sessions.
• Received an "Excellent" average evaluation score of 8.14 on a scale of 0-9 across 2 discussion sections. Please see my attached evaluation below!

University Of California, Irvine (UCI)

• The Learning & Academic Resource Center (LARC) helps students connect "what to learn" with "how to learn" in a student-centered collaborative learning experience.
• Promoted from Tutorial Leader to LARC Advisor after successfully enhancing student learning to 180+ organic chemistry undergraduate students using active learning strategies.
• Trained 60+ Tutorial Leaders by evaluating their active learning skills and classroom activities, providing constructive feedback, and creating action items and goals for them to accomplish and grow.
• Regularly resolved management, technical, and interpersonal issues that inherently come with supervising 40 undergraduate staff and serving up to 1600 undergraduate students per quarter.
• Managed and analyzed data that allowed our team to continuously improve our hiring efforts, email and social media marketing, and pedagogical applications and trainings.
• Organized frequent staff development initiatives that created an environment and culture supporting wellness, inclusiveness, and positive staff morale.

University Of California, Irvine (UCI)

Led four 1-hour organic chemistry tutorial sessions, twice a week, using research-proven active learning strategies, peer-to-peer collaboration, and interactive lesson plans.

Irvine, California, United States

Advanced research projects related to Alzheimer’s and aortic aneurysm diseases by designing, synthesizing, and evaluating reaction mechanisms that chemically and biologically characterize amyloid proteins.

Irvine, California, United States

Conducted behavioral and computerized tasks to assess the neuropsychology of college students, older adults, and special populations (learning disability, depression, etc.).

University Of California, Irvine (UCI)

• Provided guidance with a focus on academic, mental and emotional wellbeing, life skills, and professional development to 28 freshman biology undergraduates through 1-hour weekly seminars.
• Collaborated with peer coaches and academic counselors throughout the school year to develop and direct informative and networking events that educated students about their campus resources.

University Of California, Irvine (UCI)

Worked closely with professors and teaching assistants to provide weekly office hours, prepare coursework, and perform exam review sessions for 900+ organic chemistry students.

Master Of Science In Nursing (Msn), Nursing Science

Community & Population Health Concentration

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Neurobiology

Activities and Societies: Learning & Academic Resource Center (LARC), Biological Sciences Enhanced Academic Success Experience (EASE).