Professor Salazar was incredibly sweet and kind to us students during the Spring 2020 quarter. At first, I was concerned about taking Math 61 with him because of his mediocre BruinWalk rating, but I have to say that I am really glad that I ignored them and took the class anyway. Firstly, his class was very fair. All our exams had problems similar to the homework, so earning a good grade was a matter of being diligent and doing all your assignments. Also, the reviews that talk about him being a terrible lecture are totally untrue, in my opinion – there are times where he goes a little bit too fast, but he always answers questions during lecture and overall does a good job keeping everyone on task. The only thing I'm concerned about is learning – since we had open note + open internet exams, I did feel like I didn't learn as much from the exams. Additionally, because of the circumstances around this quarter, we did not finish all the material that is typically covered in the course, which makes me slightly concerned about future courses that might use some of that information. But, despite that, Salazar is an incredibly nice human being and I would highly recommend his class.

Salazar may be the kindest professor at UCLA. Multiple times each week, he would remark about how difficult virtual learning is for students, and often attempted to make significant accommodations for such. He changed grading bases, offered alternate assessment styles, was flexible on deadlines, etc.
Cons: not really an engaging or ultra-clarity professor. Nevertheless, I squeaked an A by studying the textbook and doing the HW problems each week.