...I first discovered my love for teaching during my undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland where I served as a Teaching Assistant for a freshman Biology course and also tutored high school AP Biology students. During my PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at CU Boulder, I had the o... (read more)
...I achieved a 4.0/4.0 GPA, graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors, and was ranked in the top 1% of my entire undergraduate class. Afterwards, I attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine (w/ scholarship) and received my M.D. in May 2023. I was awarded the Outstanding Research Award by my medical school for placing in the top 10% of my class with research honors. (read more)
...I also have a master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction received in 2017 also from the University of Maryland, College Park. I have 5 years of professional experience working as web developer using a variety of web programming languages. I've completed college level courses in PHP and MySQL. (read more)
I'm Alex! I graduated from Stuyvesant High School and am currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Throughout my time at High School, I did over +100 hours of tutoring: from mini-classes of middle schoolers in topics in Science, English and Math to 1-on-1 tutoring for my peers in school or afterschool office hours. (read more)
...When tutoring, I do an introductory and assessment session where I get a feel for the students' need level, and make a plan from there. After I assess their needs, I slowly guide them through the material, and reinforce as necessary. I believe that my methods greatly improve mastery of given material and instill confidence in students to problem solve on their own. (read more)