Isabella Batallas

Majored in Biology, Minored in Statistics
Kennesaw State University, Class of 2019
From Atlanta, GA

I am an alumni of Kennesaw State University who is passionate about learning and skillful in customer service. I view myself as an optimistic hard-worker who is always seeking to broaden my skill set and gain knowledge. I hold high expectations for myself and plan to continue my education through gaining practical knowledge. By being an active listener and exceptional problem solver, I hope to boost the enjoyable and unique work environment.

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Education

Georgia State University
Kennesaw State University
North Gwinnett High School

Isabella in the News

Spring 2019 Dean's List

Isabella Batallas of Atlanta was named to Kennesaw State University's Dean's List for the Spring 2019 semester. Students named to the Dean's List were enrolled in at least 9 credit hours of course...

July, 16 2019 - Verified by Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw State University Spring Class of 2019

Kennesaw State University recently welcomed its newest class of graduates. Isabella Batallas of Atlanta graduated. Over 3,000 students earned bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees during the S...

July, 12 2019 - Verified by Kennesaw State University

Congratulations to Isabella Batallas Named to the Spring 2018 Dean's List at Kennesaw State University

Isabella Batallas of Kennesaw was named to Kennesaw State University's Dean's List for the Spring 2018 semester. Students named to the Dean's List were enrolled in at least 9 credit hours of course...

June, 19 2018 - Verified by Kennesaw State University

Congratulations to Isabella Batallas Named to the Fall 2017 Dean's List at Kennesaw State University

Isabella Batallas of Sugar Hill was named to Kennesaw State University's Dean's List for the Fall 2017 semester. Students named to the Dean's List were enrolled in at least 9 credit hours of cours...

January, 25 2018 - Verified by Kennesaw State University

Isabella Batallas of Sugar Hill makes the President's List

Isabella Batallas of Sugar Hill was recently named to the President's List at Kennesaw State University. Batallas was among the close to 3,000 Kennesaw State students who were honored for academic...

March, 21 2017 - Verified by Kennesaw State University

Achievements Added by Isabella

Isabella Batallas was recognized for graduating

Excitedly graduated with a 3.9 GPA as a Honors Scholar: Summa Cum Laude. I earned my bachelor's degree in Biology and obtained a minor in Applied Statistics and Data Analysis. I also had a cord for participating in the Recruitment, Retention, and Progression to Graduation (RRPG) Program for Hispanic/Latino Students.

Spring 2019 - Added by Isabella

Isabella Batallas was recognized for earning a spot on the Dean's List

Energetically maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average

Spring 2017 - Spring 2019 - Added by Isabella

Isabella Batallas was recognized for an accomplishment

Successfully accepted as an Honor Student of Kennesaw State University. I took multiple courses including Organic Chemistry II as honors and various other courses to make me a more rounded individual.

Spring 2017 - Spring 2019 - Added by Isabella

Isabella Batallas was recognized for earning a scholarship

Gratefully awarded one of the 10 spots available for the Birla Carbon Scholar program that allows further dedication to current research and exposure of work at the Birla Carbon Symposium. Unfortunately, I had to decline my acceptance of the reward due to losses in the family and resulting family matters.

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Activities

Environmental Club

North Gwinnett High School

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Swing Dance Association (KSUSDA)

Kennesaw State University

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Biology Student Organization at Kennesaw State University (BSO)

Kennesaw State University

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Undergraduate Research Club (URC)

Kennesaw State University

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Spanish Club KSU

Kennesaw State University

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Work Experience

Supplemental Instruction Leader for Biochemistry at Kennesaw State University

Passionately translated biochemical ideas into interactive and knowledgeable group and individual activities in a safe and open learning environment.

Professionally connected with professors, other leaders and students in office hours to enhance my performance as well as the performance of others and the program itself.

December 2018 - May 2019

South City Kitchen in Buckhead at Fifth Group Restaurants

Educated the new staff on the Fifth Group values for creating a unique dining experience for the guest.
Demonstrated and enforced being productive among all coworkers.
Generated a positive and fun attitude, while quickly keeping up with the brunch rushes.
Provided a pleasant and efficient experience for the guests by meeting their food and service expectations.

August 2018 - November 2018

Supplemental Instruction Leader for Introductory to Chemistry I at Kennesaw State University

Artistically prepared students for course by demonstrating effective study habits and providing resources to enhance their critical thinking with the aid of their peers and me.
Respectively collaborated with other SI leaders, supervisor and my assigned professor to benefit the program, the students, and drive my tutoring efforts.

December 2016 - December 2017

Alma Cocina at Fifth Group Restaurants

Communicated respectably and knowledgably with guests, chefs, and coworkers.
Professionally and patiently satisfied guests complaints and understood the expected, expressed, and non-expressed needs of guests.
Promoted a productive, teamwork-friendly environment in a high-volume restaurant.
Encouraged sanitation and being prepared by performing housekeeping tasks and next-day preparations.
Meticulously trained new employees.

June 2014 - October 2019

Cashier at Zaxby's Franchising, Inc.

Properly and thoroughly took orders, handled meals, and performed transactions.

Quickly and efficiently worked through drive-thru while maintaining environment with pride by cleaning, restocking, and organizing when necessary.

Diligently trained and maintained positive behaviors in coworkers.

Empathetically assisted disappointed customers with their needs to make sure they leave content and wanting to return.

December 2010 - June 2014

Projects + Publications

Analytics Day

Proficiently presented my partner's and my binary regression model that we created using SAS and R.

April 2019 - Conferences

Symposium of Student Scholars

Confidently vocalized my scorpion research and gained perspectives of other undergraduate and graduate research findings.

April 2018 - Conferences

Differential Analysis of Individual Centruroides vittatus Venom

Isabella Batallas, C. Neal McReynold, Kelci Knight, Whitney Smith, Thomas McElroy and Eric A. Albrecht: Centruroides vittatus scorpions were delivered to me to be fed, measured, and weighed before being housed individually and watered daily, as well as fed Acheta domesticus (crickets). After 4 months of living in these controlled environmental conditions, extraction of their venom began. I resourcefully had to prepare a structured method for extracting the scorpions’ venom and once collected, I ran very careful and tedious tests, such as protein estimation and SDS-PAGE. My research is comparing mature individual scorpions, and separately, comparing pooled scorpions of different grouped sizes to determine if there are additional reasons to venom variation besides the environmental factors I controlled.

Research Projects

Binary Classification Modeling Deliverable: Determining Credit Distribution Through Logistic Regression

The goal of this report was to create a model to score credit risk for sub-prime lenders using a binary logistic regression model. The datasets used consisted of sub-prime borrowers, meaning borrowers with a higher risk of default or low credit score. The two datasets utilized were CPR with 1,444,562 observations and 339 variables and PERF with 17,244,104 observations and 18 variables. The CPR variables will be used to determine the borrower’s credit risk score while the PERF dataset provides the post-hoc information on the borrower. SAS, primarily, and RStudio was used. The model was created through three major steps: Data Discovery, Variable Preparation, and Modeling.

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