...I enjoy explaining difficult concepts and I aim to help my students feel relaxed and confident about subjects they might have felt overwhelmed by. I have worked as a professional tutor in Asheville since the spring of 2015. I primarily tutor middle school, high school and college students. (read more)
...I love the spark of excitement in an "aha moment" and seeing my students grow and become more confident. I see tutoring as an opportunity to empower students to navigate problems independently. Rather than teaching strategies and procedures alone, I dig into the “why”s underneath- why a method works, how it relates to other concepts, why we are doing what we are doing. (read more)
...Most recently I read FOUNDING MOTHERS by Cokie Roberts, which gave me new appreciation for the boldness and bravery of the colonials who fought to establish the United States. For instance, the stories of women like Abigail Adams, the wife of our second president, who expressed in her letters to... (read more)