Honor Society® member
Hunter Tuck
Interim Virginia Space Coast Scholars Program Coordinator at Facilitation of the online course curriculum for the Space Coast Scholars Program. Conduct Master Teacher training and scholar orientation to ensure a positive online course experience. Responsible for updating and enhancing online course modules to reinforce learning and connect to current projects at NASA Wallops Flight Facility. Collect and analyze feedback to highlight initiatives to enhance the online course for future facilitation.
- Data Science & Analytics
- Class of 2027
- Randolph, VA
Member since April 2025
About
Young professional focused on helping students find opportunities for both academic growth and career exploration, especially in STEM. Goal oriented and data driven individual with hopes to work in Data Science and Analytics in the future. Graduate of the VCU LEAD program designed to provide leadership and community engagement experiences to undergraduate students to better prepare them to become leaders in their communities. Extensive history with Virginia Space Grant Consortium with the Virginia Earth System Science Scholars (VESSS) program as a scholar, intern and mentor and the Virginia Space Coast Scholars (VSCS) program as a Master Teacher for the past 3 years.
Education
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Old Dominion University
Data Science & Analytics
2024 – Present
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virginia commonwealth university
biology
2016 – 2019
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Southside Virginia Community College
General Studies
2014 – 2016
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Data Scientist, Senior Data Scientist, Bioinformatics, Data Science Adjust Teaching Faculty
Experience
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Interim Virginia Space Coast Scholars Program Coordinator
Facilitation of the online course curriculum for the Space Coast Scholars Program. Conduct Master Teacher training and scholar orientation to ensure a positive online course experience. Responsible for updating and enhancing online course modules to reinforce learning and connect to current projects at NASA Wallops Flight Facility. Collect and analyze feedback to highlight initiatives to enhance the online course for future facilitation.
Nov 2024 – Mar 2025
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Career/STEM Coach
Case management of 300+ seniors to include career planning services, community college support, financial aid/scholarship assistance and other duties as assigned from the community college. Collect and maintain student outcome data by entering student data into EAB Navigate Case Management System. Plan and facilitate field trip opportunities for students to tour and learn more about degree offerings and career pathways that Southside Virginia Community College offers. Help build and nurture a network of industry partners to support academic/career opportunities for high school students. Promote STEM Education programs to highlight STEM careers and immerse students in first hand career exploration opportunities.
Jan 2024 – Present
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VSCS Master Teacher
Online Master Teacher for the Virginia Space Coast Scholars program where I provide student's feedback on technical APA reports and other assignments in five online modules. Host office hours for students to assist with module assignments and to address questions on assignment instructions. Master Teacher during the Summer Academy where I oversee a group of students while they work on a mock mission proposal at NASA Wallops Flight Facility. Provide guidance on mission design processes and feedback on daily deliverables leading up to their final panel presentation.
Sep 2021 – Present
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High School Biology/Environmental Science Teacher
Full-time Biology and Environmental Science teacher on an A/B semester block schedule with 4 class periods, including a planning period. Responsibilities include: developing lesson plans, daily objective/SOL delivery, sophomore class committee, faculty meetings and addressing student academic achievement(in-person/virtual) through formative/summative assessments and other statistical data, including absenteeism. Member of the Professional Development Team that aims to learn new technology skillsets and to provide faculty/staff with an overview of the resources to implement into classroom delivery to enhance student learning.
Jul 2021 – Jan 2024
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Wal-Mart Hardlines Sales Associate
Sales associate in hardlines including sporting goods, paint, automotive and hardware service areas. Completed firearms authorization training and obtained firearms license to sell. Responsible for stocking, zoning and price changes in inventory management tasks. Second job coded and trained as a Cashier/Self-Checkout Host. Provided customer service during all tasks and covered other service areas when needed.
Sep 2019 – Jul 2021
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VESSS Systems Engineer Intern
Systems Engineer Intern for two years and Lead Systems Engineer Intern in 2019. Assisted scholars throughout their mission design work by tracking their key deliverables, taught scholars about biological/climate change processes and provided constructive feedback on how to design a feasible satellite mission. Mission design elements include, but are not limited to, science traceability matrices, risk analyses, contamination protocols/requirements, instrumentation selection/calibration, budget parameters and applied science objectives.
Jun 2017 – Jul 2019
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
- Spanish Beginner
