With a Chemical Engineering degree from The University of Texas at Austin and being Texas certified in Mathematics grades 4-8 and 8-12, I have been helping students overcome their fears and doubts about mathematics for almost 20 years. I have experience teaching grades 5, 6, 7, 8, Algebra I, Algeb... (read more)
...During my schooling, I have won TMSCA state in Number Sense and Mathematics and have also qualified for UIL state several years in Number Sense and Mathematics. Along with this, I received a 35 on the Math section on the ACT. While I do not having a teaching degree, I have been a substitute teacher for grade levels ranging from 2nd Grade to 8th Grade. (read more)
...I try to keep the environment hands-on, and light-hearted as much as possible. Having struggled to learn in traditional teaching environments myself, I can often relate to students who "just don't get it."I am currently out of the classroom, as my daughter was born this past October. I taught math, handwriting, and language arts to 66 third graders last year in Houston, TX. (read more)