I am a MA licensed middle school math teacher of 20+ years, and I have tutored countless math students from grades 7-12. I may be the most patient math teacher students will ever have, and I try to not just show math skills, but help students understand the language of math in general and algebra i... (read more)
...These two jobs also involved supervising and conducting research in Computational chemistry and in Synthetic chemistry. In Finland I also was a Chemistry lecturer at the University of Helsinki. My educational background includes a Ph.D. in chemistry (syntheses of dihydro-1,4-oxathines and other... (read more)
...Seven years later, I received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics and kept combining teaching with research. Just before moving to the Boston area two years ago, I held lecturer positions at Santa Clara University and De Anza and Gavilan Community Colleges in California. In the Boston area, I recently received a lecturer position at Merrimack College. (read more)
...I've loved to read ever since I first learned. Over the years I've become a very fast reader and have learned how to pick out the important details in whatever I'm reading. My knowledge of Latin helps me understand the grammar of what I am reading as well. (read more)
...I can definitely teach piano as I still play on a regular basis, and I have also taught several friends over the years. I sang in a choir for three years in high school and am currently in one for college. I have also been a part of a church choir since I was five years old, and I took voice lessons for three years until my voice instructor died and there wasn't another one in the area. (read more)