...I received a department teaching award after every semester I taught and was shortlisted for the Graduate Associate Teaching Award after my first semester of teaching. In high school as well, I did paid tutoring in algebra for a family friend and helped the math grade of their fifth-grader go fr... (read more)
...It is a 25-minute packet of information that closed the first year completion rate gap between high and low income students by half. I have a B.S. in Mathematics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Utah. I have taught and tutored, including Varsity Tutor's students, from high... (read more)
...I am very passionate about my job. I love teaching students and I believe that building relationships is the key to student learning. I love to see a student's eyes light up when they get it. (read more)
...I love helping students get to the "light bulb" moment in math and science where all of the concepts click and the subject becomes easy. What keeps me engaged as a tutor is figuring out how each individual student thinks and learns best, and creating explanations that work with individual learni... (read more)