Teaching

Courses I've taught and how I think about teaching.

Teaching philosophy

I teach at the intersection of computer science and business — and I treat that intersection as a feature, not a compromise. My courses consistently combine technical depth with the question practitioners actually face: so what do we do with this?

What I aim for, course after course: students leave able to do something useful that they couldn't do before, with enough conceptual grounding to keep learning on their own. That belief is what earned me UDD's Teaching Excellence Award in 2023, and it's the same belief that now drives my doctoral work on how students learn with AI.

Courses

Business Intelligence

Industrial Engineering · Universidad del Desarrollo

Undergraduate · 2025 – present

Data Analysis

Industrial Engineering · Universidad del Desarrollo

Undergraduate · 2025

Data-Driven Decision Making

Industrial Engineering · Universidad del Desarrollo

Undergraduate · 2025

Data Acquisition and Preparation Workshop

Computer Science and Technological Innovation · Universidad del Desarrollo

Undergraduate · 2025 – present

Data Storytelling and Visualization

Master's in Business Technology · Universidad del Desarrollo

Graduate · 2026 – present

Data Visualization

Master's in Business Technology · Universidad del Desarrollo

Graduate · 2023 – 2024

Database Systems

Industrial Engineering / Computer Science · Universidad del Desarrollo

Undergraduate · 2021, 2025

Information Visualization Workshop

Industrial Engineering · Universidad del Desarrollo

Undergraduate · 2025

Programming Workshop

Industrial Engineering / Computer Science · Universidad del Desarrollo

Undergraduate · 2019 – present

Information Technology for Management

Industrial Engineering · Universidad del Desarrollo

Undergraduate · 2021 – 2023

Python Programming

Master's in Data Science · Universidad del Desarrollo

Graduate · 2022 – 2023

Supervised Machine Learning

Industrial Engineering · Universidad del Desarrollo

Undergraduate · 2025

Course history

2026

1st semester

Programming Workshop · Computer Science · UDD Concepción
Data Acquisition & Preparation Workshop · Computer Science · UDD Concepción
Data Storytelling and Visualization · Master's in Business Technology · UDD Santiago
2025

2nd semester

Programming Workshop · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Business Intelligence · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Data Analysis · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Supervised Machine Learning · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Data Acquisition & Preparation Workshop · Computer Science · UDD Concepción
Database Systems · Computer Science · UDD Concepción

1st semester

Business Intelligence · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Programming Workshop · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Information Visualization Workshop · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Data-Driven Decision Making · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Programming Workshop · Computer Science · UDD Concepción
2024

2nd semester

Data Visualization · Master's in Business Technology · UDD Santiago
2023

2nd semester

Data Visualization · Master's in Business Technology · UDD Santiago

1st semester

IT for Management · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Python Programming · Master's in Data Science · UDD Santiago
2022

1st semester

IT for Management · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
Python Programming · Master's in Data Science · UDD Santiago
2021

2nd semester

Database Systems · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción

1st semester

IT for Management · Industrial Engineering · UDD Concepción
2020

2nd semester

Programming Workshop · Industrial Engineering · UDD Santiago

1st semester

Programming Workshop · Industrial Engineering · UDD Santiago
2019

2nd semester

Programming Workshop · Industrial Engineering · UDD Santiago

In the classroom

Paula teaching in class
Computer lab class
Group photo with students
Group photo with students
Group photo with students in lab