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*Counselor: Redwood City Parks and Recreation (2012-2014) | *Counselor: Redwood City Parks and Recreation (2012-2014) | ||
**Working primarily with 3-6 year olds at a recreational summer camp. Assisted in planning and leading activities throughout the summer including games and projects. | **Working primarily with 3-6 year olds at a recreational summer camp. Assisted in planning and leading activities throughout the summer including games and projects. | ||
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*Cabin Counselor: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (2015-2016) | *Cabin Counselor: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (2015-2016) | ||
**The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is for children with serious illnesses that cannot attend many camps that occur during the summer because of the nature of their illnesses. Cabin counselors are assigned to a cabin with another cabin counselor and work with volunteers, parents, other full-summer counselors, and the medical team to ensure the campers' safety and well being throughout the week. Responsibilities reach far beyond the cabin in working with children as support in times of medical, behavioral, and emotional challenges. | **The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is for children with serious illnesses that cannot attend many camps that occur during the summer because of the nature of their illnesses. Cabin counselors are assigned to a cabin with another cabin counselor and work with volunteers, parents, other full-summer counselors, and the medical team to ensure the campers' safety and well being throughout the week. Responsibilities reach far beyond the cabin in working with children as support in times of medical, behavioral, and emotional challenges. | ||
*Lead Counselor: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (2017)[[File:The-hole-in-the-wall-gang-camp.png|right]] | *Lead Counselor: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (2017)[[File:The-hole-in-the-wall-gang-camp.png|right]] | ||
**Assigned to a single unit for the entire summer, Lead Counselors work closely with Unit Leaders ensuring unit activities are planned and counselors are supported throughout the summer. Arrive before other counselors to complete additional behavioral training. | **Assigned to a single unit for the entire summer, Lead Counselors work closely with Unit Leaders ensuring unit activities are planned and counselors are supported throughout the summer. Arrive before other counselors to complete additional behavioral training. | ||
| − | Interested in Hole in the Wall Gang Camp? Luckily, [[http://thepaintedturtle.org Painted Turtle]] is closer and is always looking for volunteer counselors throughout the year! | + | Interested in Hole in the Wall Gang Camp? Luckily, [[http://thepaintedturtle.org Painted Turtle]] is closer and is always looking for volunteer counselors throughout the year! |
=='''Personal Interests/Hobbies'''== | =='''Personal Interests/Hobbies'''== | ||
Revision as of 05:53, 12 September 2017
Antonio Porras
Email: aporras1@lion.lmu.edu
Biology Major, Loyola Marymount University Class of 2018
Redwood City, California
Contents
Background
Education
Upper Division Courses Completed
- Genetics
- Organic Chemistry
- Cell Function
- Urban Ecology
- General Physiology (Currently Enrolled)
- Biochemistry (Currently Enrolled)
- Biological Databases (Currently Enrolled)
Career Interests and Goals
Career Interests
Interested in medicine, and more specifically NP (nurse practitioner) programs after working closely with nurses and nurse practitioners from Yale and other hospitals in Connecticut.
Work Experience
Redwood City Parks and Recreation
- Counselor: Redwood City Parks and Recreation (2012-2014)
- Working primarily with 3-6 year olds at a recreational summer camp. Assisted in planning and leading activities throughout the summer including games and projects.
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
- Cabin Counselor: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (2015-2016)
- The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is for children with serious illnesses that cannot attend many camps that occur during the summer because of the nature of their illnesses. Cabin counselors are assigned to a cabin with another cabin counselor and work with volunteers, parents, other full-summer counselors, and the medical team to ensure the campers' safety and well being throughout the week. Responsibilities reach far beyond the cabin in working with children as support in times of medical, behavioral, and emotional challenges.
- Lead Counselor: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (2017)
- Assigned to a single unit for the entire summer, Lead Counselors work closely with Unit Leaders ensuring unit activities are planned and counselors are supported throughout the summer. Arrive before other counselors to complete additional behavioral training.
Interested in Hole in the Wall Gang Camp? Luckily, [Painted Turtle] is closer and is always looking for volunteer counselors throughout the year!
Personal Interests/Hobbies
- Avid Game of Thrones Viewer
- Intramural Sports
- Oakland Athletics Fan
Favorite Aspects
Favorite Aspect of Biology
In high school, I wasn't very interested in the biology course I was taking and then was exposed to anatomy & physiology and later neurobiology. It was in these courses I began to see biology's and chemistry's unmistakable importance in fully understanding our bodies. Biology also allows many different levels of analysis from the smallest cells to full organisms and systems. The expansive and condensed nature of biology absolutely, for a lack of better words, blows my mind and keeps me engaged when in class and studying extensive amounts of information and new studies.
Favorite Aspect of Computer Science
Prior to this class, I've had very little exposure to any computer science courses or coding. What I have come to understand and appreciate in terms of computer science is the ability for computers to complete tasks which normally would take a significant amount of time. Secondly, computers analyze and translate large amounts of information so we can better understand the data and make leaps in data analysis in endless areas.
