500+ hours of tutoring experience | 1000+ hours teaching, tutoring, and volunteering in the classroom. I earned a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Caltech and a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington. For 10 years I've been a volunteer tutor and math coach, working with elementary, middle, and high school students. (read more)
...It was also gratifying to see students' grades improve - a visible metric of success. I know that academics, especially math and science can be incredibly intimidating, discouraging and unpleasant. It’s not fun to do things that make you feel stupid, or that seem abstract and pointless. (read more)
...I received a 31 on the Science portion of the ACT. I have taken two college courses in Discrete Mathematics: Number Theory and Graph Theory. I have experience tutoring it in the context of competitions like Mathcounts and the American Mathematics Contests, where Discrete Math plays a large role. (read more)
...I love seeing the gleeful expressions reflected on a student's face when they experience a moment of epiphany and I love seeing their enthusiasm for knowledge blossom through understanding. I also understand the frustrations that come with not being able to comprehend the particular way a teache... (read more)
...I have been studying Spanish for the past 7 years, culminating in joining the Peace Corps in Guatemala this past February. My last Spanish assessment put me at a level called "intermediate low". Unfortunately, the coronavirus situation forced Peace Corps to temporarily suspend all volunteer activities, and I had to return to the US. (read more)