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Aiying Huang

Success does not equate to correct answers. Students often get caught up in grades and numbers as a measurement of success, but it is a lot more expansive and broad than that. Everyone has the capacity and potential to be successful in whatever they put their heart towards; success can be anything that makes one feel a positive emotion.

Aiying’s Story

Teaching Discipline

Chemistry

Why Chemistry

Growing up, I experienced many “traditional” classrooms. My teachers priorized lectures and testing. Fortunately, chemistry came very easily to me. It made a lot of sense and sparked my genuine curiosity. I want to bring that joy and curiosity to my students so that they can apply that curiosity and interest to their goals and endeavors.

Professional Experience

While in her undergraduate program, Aiying had the opportunity to gain many different experiences in and outside the classroom. Aiying worked as a reading tutor at the McEnroe Reading & Language Arts Clinic at UC Santa Barbara, where she assisted elementary school students develop reading and writing skills. She was a teaching assistant at a local high school for two years in a chemistry and engineering classroom, tutored high school students with a nonprofit organization, a learning assistant in General Chemistry lab at the college level, and a mentor and research assistant for high school students with School Kids Investigating Language and Society (SKILLS). At SKILLS, Aiying focused on bringing socio-linguistics to students and supporting them through a research project. Aiying was also a student teacher for a summer sixth grade science class and for one year in high school chemistry.

Outside the classroom Aiying was an intern with the National Science Foundation (NSF), Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program during her last year at UC Santa Barbara. As a part of the internship, she was a docent at an interactive STEAM learning museum. Aiying also spent time at a local high school’s engineering academy, where she learned various skills with CAD, laser cutters, vertical saw bands, vertical mills, and more.

Aiying will begin her first year teaching at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, CA, in the 2024-2025 school year.

Hobbies

In her free time, Aiying loves watching TV and reading.

Academic Background

  • University of California, Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, and Educational Studies and Applied Psychology Minors)
  • Stanford University (Master of Arts in Education)

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