...I approach problems with the intent to tie them to students' existing knowledge and help solidify content gaps. By helping students discover concepts through personal inquiry, sequences of scaffolded questioning, and concrete examples of content, students develop a stronger long term understandi... (read more)
...I'm also a BASIS Oro Valley alumni, where I took 16 AP classes and was the teaching assistant for algebra, engineering, and AP Physics C, teaching students in middle and high school. I was also the president of the BOV computer science club, where I created many activities and projects to inspir... (read more)
...I have a Bachelor's degree in psychology and a Master's in Education. I taught Spanish in New York City for 6 years and have 10+ years of tutoring experience. I studied Spanish in Spain and am fluent in written and spoken Spanish. (read more)
...The knowledge I gained while doing so is immeasurable, and I always look back on my time at those schools fondly. In some cases I was a 30-Day Substitute, which meant that I was fully in charge of the classroom - lesson planning, quizzes, state testing preparation, and grading. I truly believe that knowledge is power and that learning should always be fun. (read more)
...After graduation, I returned to the US where I currently reside. In preparation for graduate school, I studied for the GRE and earned a perfect math score, a perfect essay score, and a near perfect verbal score. My scores were: GRE Verbal: 163, 92nd Percentile Quantitative: 170, 98th Percentile Analytical: 6.0, 99th Percentile. (read more)