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Physics is often viewed as intimidating and difficult to understand. My role as a physicist and a lecturer is to give everyone the opportunity to learn about this exciting and fascinating domain of science. I am passionate about teaching physics to non-physics majors in an accessible way. I am a proponent of using evidence-based STEM pedagogical practices in my classroom, striking the right balance between traditional lecture to disseminate information and active learning to facilitate student collaboration. Through compassionate instruction, I believe that anyone can have a fulfilling experience while learning physics. As a researcher, I specialize in cosmology and astrophysics. I have played a leading role in the theoretical discovery of novel signals in weak gravitational lensing cosmology. In my capacity as an external collaborator of the Dark Energy Survey, I have developed computational tools in order to measure these signals for the first time. This big-data challenge involves measuring the apparent shapes of hundreds of millions of galaxies across the sky. My work allows us to better understand the statistical distribution of matter in our Universe and the theories of gravity that guide its evolution through time.