I have a B.S. in mathematics and Ph.D. in statistics. Before graduate school, I tutored for about two years, roughly 15-20 hours week for a tutoring service at my University, tutoring college algebra, trigonometry, Calculus I, II, and III, differential equations, statistics, probability, and related subjects. I was also the team leader for the math group the second year I tutored there. (read more)
...I enjoy tutoring this because I focus on showing the students how these concepts will be leveraged in Calculus. Its fun and interesting. Trigonometry - the study of triangles and the relationships in the triangles. (read more)
...Since graduating, I've worked as a postdoc at BYU and two national laboratories, and published papers in which applying math was a central component. I've taught multiple calculus recitation sections (medium sized class) at Purdue, taught an acoustics class for non-Physics majors at Brigham Youn... (read more)
Getting started as an educator was a happy accident in early 2023 when I decided to switch gears from several years as a software engineer. Drawing on my BA in math years prior from the University of Chicago, I began as a calculus tutor at a company with several in-person locations in the SF Bay Ar... (read more)