...When a topic doesn't click with someone I am working with, I look for other ways to get the concepts across. I look for a familiar starting point and work and rework the lesson as many different ways as needed. Only when something has been learned have I the right to say I have taught. (read more)
A newspaper contributor and certified financial planner, I am also a prior chemistry and biology researcher at Stanford University & UCSF with years of academic coaching experience. My name is also on 5 scientific publications on Pubmed, a national database of biomedical and life science journal li... (read more)
...Algebra 2 starts to introduce the concepts that will be more rigorously explored in Precalculus. Proper understanding at this point is very important. Inequalities, polynomials, exponents, quadratic equations, functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, and series are all very important. (read more)
...I am a cheerful and energetic person. I like to have variety in the materials that I work with. For my students learning Spanish, I incorporate music, cartoons, books, art projects, cooking, and any other fun ideas that can be educational. (read more)
...Finite math, like discrete math, is a mix of many topics, and I have gained expertise in most of them through coursework and self-study. These include logic, sets and relations, number theory, permutations and combinations, probability, induction, and graphs and trees. Some of my students have gotten close to 100% in their finite/discrete math courses. (read more)