...I have three years of full time high school teaching experience within the Los Angeles school district and three years of experience teaching community college. Working on building students' critical thinking skills is one of my greatest passions and I believe critical thinking is most strengthe... (read more)
...I have tutored many students one-on-one, bringing their grades up from B/C range to A's & B's. I have taught beginning math classes at the local community college and have volunteered to help in the math lab, which I truly enjoy. Overall, I believe that math is not a difficult subject, it's just the way it's presented that makes it difficult. (read more)
...I was also a graduate assistant at the University of Iowa, where I assisted with both General and Organic Lab. I then proceeded into my teaching career, where I was a professor of General and Organic Chemistry at Kirkwood Community College on a one-year temporary contract. I was able to obtain great success through these academic pursuits. (read more)
...When I was in college (1989) I spent one summer working as a computer hardware technician at Olympic Computers in Seattle, WA. I took full year of Organic Chemistry in High School and then again in college, each time receiving an A. I worked for 2 years as a lab tech in a research lab in the Dept of Human Genetics of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. (read more)
...When you have the knowledge, certainty, and willingness to accept challenging students and get results, hope is no longer just a byword. It's reality. I have found that there are very specific reasons why a student would have trouble studying. (read more)