...My high school focused heavily on writing and critical thinking with a “classical education,”so I have strengths there as well. I had a 4.0/4 GPA in high school. I am almost fluent in Spanish. (read more)
...I've also tutored individuals who were newly acclimating to the USA and others who wanted to improve their English. I have learned so much from my students. In order to maintain my understanding of what it is like to study a new language as an adult, I have taken study trips to Mexico, Spain, and Argentina. (read more)
...I could read an article aloud without a single mistake or stutter to an audience, but I wouldn’t be able to discuss what I had just read because I wasn’t actually retaining the information. How could the one subject I always excelled in actually be the one I was truly failing all along? Recognizing my problem during freshmen year helped me soar across the stage my senior year. (read more)