...During my time at Haverford College I majored in computer science, and minored in math. Some examples of courses taken were, Data Science, Machine Learning, Concurrency and Co-Design, and Computational Text Analysis. An example of a worked project would be my machine learning final, in which I trained various convolutional neural networks to classify images in American sign language. (read more)
I taught high school math for 8 years in Montgomery County, Maryland. I taught Geometry, Algebra 2, SAT Prep and Pre Calculus. I ‘retired’ to raise my family, but I have been tutoring pretty regularly for the past 15 years. (read more)
...My main teaching approach for helping students to understand programming first starts with building their ability to mentally model the problem according to the 6 basic building blocks of a program (input, output, reuse, expressions, conditionals, and loops) and then progressively helping them l... (read more)
...With the weak links to understanding identified, we work together to construct and test possible answers and explanations. In this participatory way I have educated, helped, and most importantly empowered more than 5,000 college and high school students. Over the years I have developed many problem-solving aides, hints, cues, clues, and mnemonics. (read more)
...I formerly tutored AP Chemistry through the George B. Thomas Saturday School program in Montgomery County, MD. This is my 8th year teaching AP Chemistry and I have attended multiple week-long professional development sessions (sponsored by College Board) to improve my approach to teaching AP Chemistry. (read more)