...Although I enjoyed it immensely I decided to return to the US to be with family and pursue scientific research. I worked in a neuroscience lab for 2 years at UTexas. Although I absolutely loved learning about the brain, I discovered that the particular kind of research I was involved in was not a good fit for me. (read more)
...These were one-on-one, in-person, unpaid tutoring jobs that occurred on a weekly basis for four months or more. I also tutored a seventh-grade student on zoom in Algebra 1. This was a paid hour that occurred twice weekly for which I prepared weekly lesson plans and helped the student with her work for school. (read more)
...This fall, I'll begin my master's in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. My academic achievements include scoring in the 99th percentile on the ACT, demonstrating my mastery of various subjects and equipping me with valuable test-taking strategies to share. While my background is in engineering and mathematics, I'm also enthusiastic about tutoring English and writing. (read more)
...I once had a student at community college who I’ll call Jim. Jim got so frustrated with algebra 1 that he threw his textbook out the window. Yet, I spent hours with Jim week after week in the college tutoring center, and he eventually passed algebra 1 and moved on to a University program. (read more)
...I am happy to work with students on high-school and college-level biology material. I have taken Introductory Biology I & II at Columbia, covering biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, physiology and development. I have also taken graduate-level Developmental Biology. (read more)