...Throughout my career, I have been drawn to teaching others. Over the past 10 years I have found outlets to teach, whether by tutoring my peers in school, mentoring students, or teaching as a TA. Most recently, I had the pleasure of developing curricula for and teaching a college-level course, R... (read more)
...I am more comfortable with more "modern" dialects of FORTRAN (FORTRAN 77) that support variable scope and functions etc. I have taken introductory through advanced course work in linear algebra, at least 9 semester hours. In another 16 hours of related courses (in applied math and statistics) that I have taken, linear algebra was also heavily used. (read more)
My name is Toyya, and I have a PhD in Statistics and a Bachelors of Science from MIT in Management Science with a concentration in Operations Research (applied math). I currently work doing data science for a research institute. Tutoring Experience: I began tutoring almost 10 years ago when I was ... (read more)
...During my student career I took, and scored highly on, the PSAT, the SAT, and the LSAT. More recently I took and passed the Praxis I test with an above-average score. I can tutor students to take this test and do well on it, which will in turn prepare them for the SAT. (read more)
...I try to work with every student to identify their personal learning style to make my lessons as effective as possible. I also try to make each lesson as fun and enjoyable as possible as I believe it is easier to learn in a more laid-back environment. I have tutored in various settings over the past 4 years. (read more)