In Spring 2026, students rated María’s overall effectiveness 4.85/5 (department mean: 4.53), and in Fall 2022, 4.80/5 (department mean: 4.58). Students consistently highlight her preparation, clear and well-structured explanations, and slide-based review sessions, along with her recorded problem-set walkthroughs and typed notes they could revisit. As one student put it, “Whenever I left her section of office hours the confusion I came in with was gone.”

Students rated María’s overall effectiveness 5.00/5 in Fall 2023 (department mean: 4.57) and 4.76/5 in Fall 2025 (department mean: 4.55). They highlight her command of the course’s technical tools (ArcGIS, Stata, and Python), her in-depth video tutorials for each homework assignment, and her responsiveness on EdStem and in office hours. Students also valued her help developing their research questions. As one student put it, “The help videos were a 10/10 resource that I would’ve failed the class without.”

All responding students agreed or strongly agreed that María was an effective teaching assistant (mean 4.57/5). She scored above the department mean on preparation (4.64 vs. 4.61) and clarity (4.62 vs. 4.58). Students highlight her approachable office hours, her thorough answers to difficult questions, and the practice problems she prepared ahead of the second midterm. As one student put it, “Thanks to her, I felt very prepared for the exam!”