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Major: Chemistry Yamitza Aponte was born in Bayamón and was raised in Toa Alta. She has been a member of her church since she was a child. Through her church, she has traveled to Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, and the Dominican Republic on mission trips. She started studying at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, but transferred to UMET. She has worked in the Saturday Academy in the Chemistry area. She has been a tutor for Organic Chemistry, although there was a time when she was asked to do tutoring and she was afraid she could not teach well. She is now proud of her work, for the students she has tutored have done well in their classes. Yamitza has the Bill Gates Scholarship, which has been a great help in her studies. She has conducted research with Dr. Batiz on “Development of SPME Techniques for the Analysis of PCBs in |
Water, Land, and Plants,” which she presented as a poster at the XI Undergraduate Research Symposium in October of 2000 at Universidad Metropolitana. In the year 2002, she conducted the research, “Organic Chem-2-Chem: A peer-led team learning mentoring/tutoring program in organic chemistry at Universidad Metropolitana,” which she presented at the Spring 2002 Undergraduate Research Symposium at UMET. According to Yamitza, the MIE Project has been for her, “A great opportunity that I never thought I would have. It has helped me in my development as a person and as a student, in my personal and in my professional life.” She plans to continue graduate studies in Organic Chemistry. |
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