Maria Paula Charry Vargas

mariacharry53@proton.me/ (305) 582-9095 / St. Johns, FL

URL: https://m-apachalinda.wixsite.com/ufteach

Key Qualifications

Customer Service – Experienced with tutoring students in person and online for grades K-12 as well as higher education. Proficient with best
practices regarding unique learning styles and teaching students with disabilities. Always ensuring the student feels comfortable.

Practical – Experienced with student-centered learning, project-based learning, classroom instruction, and remote tutoring.

Technical – Fluent in Spanish and English. B.A in Spanish from the University of Florida. Minor in STEM education, gathering over four years of
experience tutoring various subjects including Spanish, Anatomy, Algebra, Statistics, and Piano. BLS and CPR AED certified through AHA. Over
two years of medical translating experience in both hospital and clinic environments.

Work/Volunteer Experience

Orlando Health Dr. P. Philips Hospital, Orlando, FL October 2022 – Present

Cardiac Progressive Care Unit Nursing Assistant II (CNA)
• Take vital signs and blood sugars every 4 hours as instructed by nurse/doctor.
• Perform electrocardiograms (EKGs) as ordered by nurse/doctor and ensure patients are always connected to telemetry heart monitors.
• Draw blood work through venipuncture with butterfly needles to assess CBC, BMP, troponin levels, etc.
• Conduct verbal interpretations between Spanish speaking patients, family, and their caretakers.

Remind Tutoring, Remote July 2022 – Present

Math Tutor for grades 2nd through 9th
• Create a curriculum and work with students on a one-on-one basis until they are proficient on a given topic.
• Encourage students and parents to come prepared to session by writing down any questions they have on a given topic.

PK Yonge Developmental Research School, Gainesville, FL May-June 2022

Apprentice Teacher
• Observed and applied classroom management techniques in 8th grade comprehensive science.
• Led classes about astronomy, taxonomy, and anatomy with an embedded pig lab dissection.
• Experienced with modifying curriculum for accessibility to ELL students and students with disabilities.

Equal Access Clinic Network, Gainesville, FL January 2021 – August 2022

Undergraduate Pediatric Site Officer
• Served as an interpreter between medical students/doctors and Spanish speaking patients.
• Completed intake, follow up calls, and logged patient information for their online medical records.
• Managed/Mentored undergraduate volunteers on a weekly to improve clinic flow and operations.

Equal Access Clinic Network - Research, Gainesville, FL March 2021 – May 2022
Training Coordinator
• Recruited patients for virtual reality research study and guided them through using this technology as a distraction method during painful
procedures such as bone marrow biopsies.
• Created training curriculum and applied in order to onboard new research assistants.

University of Florida Tutoring, Gainesville, Florida September 2019 – April 2021

• Work as a tutor for students taking Beginning and Intermediate Spanish courses as well as Anatomy.
Translated live service for Spanish speaking audience for up to two consecutive hours.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Pre-Physician Assistant at UF December 2022

• Minor in STEM Education and Minor in Chemistry December 2022
Certificates

• FL Certified Nursing Assistant May 2021 – May 2024

• Basic Life Support / CPR & AED (American Heart Association) August 2022 – August 2024