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...Penn State Engineers are employed and achieving excellence all over the world. The Penn State Chemical Engineering program is rated in the top 3 in the nation. As a chemical engineer, I have completed and mastered graduate level courses in college on college math, algebra, calculus, trigonometr... (read more)
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My specialties are college admissions essays, standardized test preparation (SAT, ACT, PSAT, and HSPT), English, math, and Spanish. I adjust my teaching method to how each student learns best -- sometimes students already know how they learn best; sometimes it's a process of discovering together. ... (read more)
...I read about and incorporated core principles from "universal design for learning," a methodology where instructors present the same information in multiple formats to explore what is most compatible with a student's understanding. Upon graduating, I began to work with college students in tutor... (read more)