...I have also previously worked as an SAT/ACT tutor for high school juniors and seniors. At Northwestern, I worked in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, where I gained valuable insight into the college admissions process for top-ranked universities. Coupled by my own experiences going throug... (read 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. The student met her goal grade for her final exam. (read more)
...And once the "why" and "how" of the subject are understood, good grades and test scores will follow naturally. I am very patient with others, and I can easily explain concepts in multiple ways until they sink in for the student. For solving specific problems, I am inclined toward the Socratic method of teaching, asking questions in order to guide the student to the correct ideas. (read more)
...I love practicing yoga and I have been taught how to do it safely and conscientiously, with the cultures that yoga came from in mind. My mother and three of my siblings are deaf, and I was hard-of-hearing as a child. My hearing loss subsided, but my involvement with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community did not. (read more)
...During my time at the University of Pittsburgh I have taught philosophy both as a TA and as an independent instructor, covering a wide variety of philosophical topics: ethics, metaphysics & epistemology, social & political philosophy, aesthetics, history of philosophy (Ancient philosophy, Early ... (read more)