...While I love teaching in the classroom, I much prefer working with kids one-on-one so that I can adjust my explanations to that particular student's needs. During the pandemic, I started tutoring and realized that I absolutely love it! There is nothing more fulfilling than seeing that lightbulb finally go on! (read more)
...Through my experience in upper level math classes in college, I know that diligently working through practice problems is essential to learning the material. Because of this, I supplement my teaching with guiding my students through practice problems and encouraging them to reach the answer on t... (read more)
...In high school, I took a total of 10 AP classes and achieved a score of 1550 on the SAT. I have worked with several high school and college students in math ranging from pre-algebra to college level multivariable calculus. I worked as a class tutor for a calculus 2 section at Whitman College in which I held drop-in tutoring sessions for 6 hours per week for a semester. (read more)
...I then worked as a professor at Rice University, where I taught undergraduate and graduate level physics classes for 5 years. My own interest in physics and science in general has been shaped by my teachers and professors in school and college. Quite literally, I am doing what I am doing today because of the excellent teachers I was lucky to have. (read more)
...As a high school teacher, I taught in LAUSD for four years and at the American International School of Quito in Ecuador for five years. During that time, I was the Math department chair and taught all math subjects through AP Calculus BC and IB Mathematics Higher Level. I was also the lead SAT Prep math instructor for Zorro SAT Test Prep. (read more)