...Two days a week for two years, I went to elementary schools and tutored students in reading, writing, and math, often working with the same 2-3 children each session. The students I tutored came from families in poverty and needed extra support after school to complete homework and make sure the... (read more)
...At UC DAVIS, I was ranked #2 in the freshman class in math. In my sophomore year, I was selected to represent the university in the Putnam International Mathematics Competition and placed impressively. I see the world differently and I use that ability to help students succeed. (read more)
...I am senior software engineer. I have worked for several well-known Silicon valley companies. My main coding language is C++. I use Python for prototyping. (read more)
...It's also important to understand the difference between diagrams that describe the "Net action" (which describe the physical result, or what one "sees") vs. those that describe the "Natural forces" (which describes the physical forces that contribute to the action). Prealgebra provides the found... (read more)
My 22+ years in the educational arena--and ongoing professional development--have taught me to help students shift from lower- to higher-order thinking, which is really only coaching them to go from knowing the "what" of things to putting all those "whats" together to understand the "hows" and "whys". There's no magic. You and I work together to help you get what you need. (read more)