UCI School of Education

Grateful to have participated in a graduate student panel for the CP-LEADS Fellows Program at UC Irvine this afternoon! 📚🎓 Alongside my fellow PhD cohort mates, Giovanni Sanchez and Reinaldo Cabrera Pérez, we shared our academic journeys, research interests, and insights into the graduate school experience. CP-LEADS offers a fantastic opportunity for undergrads to explore data science in education. We covered topics including: - Our paths to PhD programs - Graduate school application tips - Finding research advisors - Overcoming imposter syndrome - Building community in grad school Special thanks to Dr. Fernando Rodriguez Jr., Assistant Professor of Teaching at UCI School of Education and Co-Director of CP-LEADS, and Christopher P. Martinez, Program Manager of CP-LEADS, for organizing this enriching event. Connecting with the next generation of education researchers and data scientists was inspiring! #GradSchool #DataScience #Education #UCIrvine #CPLEADS

#IAmUCI: Michael J. Donaldson, M.A., teaching | UCI School of Education A former U.S. Marine who's on the road to becoming an outstanding high school math teacher through UC Irvine’s Master of Arts in Teaching program. With a focus on innovative teaching techniques and strong support from UCI’s veterans organization, Michael’s journey proves dedication and resilience. His advice for new students is to engage fully with the program and be ready to put in the effort to maximize your learning experience. Michael's story: https://bit.ly/4aY3WJi

Onto the next chapter, but an Anteater for life! 💙 Welcome to the #UCIAlumni family #Classof2024! Zot, Zot, Zot! 💫🎓 #UCIGrad #UCIPride UC Irvine University of California, Irvine School of Law University of California, Irvine - School of Social Ecology UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences UCI School of Medicine UCI School of Education UCI School of Physical Sciences UC Irvine School of Social Sciences UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences UCI Samueli School of Engineering University of California, Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business UCI School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences University of California, Irvine – Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing UC Irvine Public Health

The last time I shared the stories of students involved in the NSF-funded PIRE program at UCI was at the beginning of the pandemic, when they were creatively engaging in international research over Zoom. This spring, another (likely the last) cohort of UCI PIRE undergraduates from UCI School of Education and UC Irvine School of Social Sciences traveled internationally to further research on bilingualism and the brain. They graciously shared their stories of how the experience impacted their academic and career trajectories: https://lnkd.in/gmUjQQpR

Congratulations to our #UCIEducation Class of 2024! We cannot wait to see what you accomplish next! #ZotZotZot

Meet Eloiza Ortiz Gomez, Masters of Arts in Teaching + Credential '24! Eloiza is dedicated to showing students that representation matters. As a bilingual teacher candidate, she empowers students from multicultural backgrounds to grow in confidence and academic skills. #IAmUCI #UCIEducation https://lnkd.in/g8MbQsyG

Michael Donaldson, MAT + Credential '24, found a new mission after 20 years in the Marine Corps: educating the next generation! Watch how his experiences at #UCIEducation are inspiring high school students in math class. #IAmUCI https://lnkd.in/gipGCaQg

Congratulations to #UCIEducation Assistant Professor Katherine Rhodes for being named a 2024-25 Hellman Fellow for her research on African American children’s RICH mathematical word problems! She joins an elite group of 85 UCI Hellman Fellows since 2013. Read below: https://lnkd.in/gUg63C_D

Thank you to the National Hispanic Business Women’s Association (NHBWA) for being honored as Woman of the Year in Education! I’m inspired by so many leaders making a difference in Orange County. Thank you for all that you do! It was wonderful to share this moment with my parents Gil and Celia Contreras and my niece Alyssa Contreras! Special thank you to Dr. Susie Lopez Guerra, Teresa Saldivar, Dean Tiffany Lopez, Vice Provost Stephanie Reyes Tuccio, Gloria Montiel, Miriam Delgado (doctoral advisee and scholarship recipient) and Martha Rivera who was honored for Entrepeneurship!

Excited to share that I passed my PhD dissertation defense at UCI School of Education thanks to my advisor and chair Kylie Peppler and committee June Ahn, Adriana Villavicencio, PhD and Michael Dessen! So grateful to this team of scholars and mentors!