...I'm a former high school Spanish substitute teacher with a BA in Spanish. I recently returned from a year-long Fulbright grant in Mexico, and I have previous working experience in Ecuador and Chile. I'm a former substitute math teacher and ELL Algebra 2 instructor, including Trigonometry. (read more)
...I also designed, developed, and taught programming at the University of Washington. I have a PhD in medical informatics from UCSF (1985). That is essentially a computer science degree. I have taken courses in algorithms, logic, circuits, programming (many many). I have worked as a computer science professional since 1968 starting in high school. (read more)
...It is up to me to find a way of presentation that works with the student's background. I use the Socratic method a lot, asking the student questions and building on the response. I did some Skin diving from 1966 to 1975, and back packing from 1969 to 1975, mostly in the Olympics. (read more)
...I know what the military wants out of its candidates. I have tutored many students in elementary math in order to build a firm foundation for all the future math and science classes that they will be taking. I take pride in being able to teach several different ways to make sure that the student is ready to move on to upper level math. (read more)