...My name is Angel and I have been teaching math for the last 17 years. I am National Board Certified in Middle Level Mathematics, and my favorite subject is Algebra. 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. (read more)
...I have taught programming to my own employees over the years. I also designed, developed, and taught programming at the University of Washington. I have a PhD in medical informatics from UCSF (1985). That is essentially a computer science degree. (read more)
I attended California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo. I worked as a math tutor/teacher for Best in Class Education Center for a year while finishing my degree in Computer Science. After finishing my B.S. in Computer Science in June of 2017 I came back to the greater Seattle area to pursue a career in software product management, which I do Monday - Friday. (read more)
...In teaching and tutoring, my approach is to help students understand not just WHAT something is but WHY and HOW; this sort of thinking can teach students to apply their knowledge as opposed to memorizing it, which is the goal! Additionally, I also make it a point to connect the material to our lives and the real world. After all, why learn something if it seems to have no real purpose? (read more)
...Before that, I got a perfect score on my SAT, 5s on 17 AP exams, and graduated as the valedictorian of my high school. I've been a math tutor on Wyzant and elsewhere for 10 years, and I've also worked as a teaching assistant for several computer science courses over my college career, including ... (read more)