...I am a native American English speaker and have helped over ten immigrants master the nuances and improve their pronunciation of the American English language and idiom. I've studied other languages (e.g., Mandarin Chinese and Spanish) and understand the difficulties of learning a foreign language's phonemes. I am an active citizen who is engaged in the helping our democracy succeed. (read more)
I have a Bachelor's degree from Middlebury College in Vermont, where I majored in Conservation Biology, a joint major between Environmental Studies and Biology. My areas of interest mainly focused on plant biology and earth sciences, and during my time in college I also became familiar and proficie... (read more)
...The quantitative section should be approached systematically, so the student's knowledge can be checked against what needs to be mastered. Weak areas are addressed through practice and explanation, first by the tutor then by the student. Although students today have the luxury of spell check, that does not mean spelling correctly is irrelevant or out of date. (read more)
...Currently, I teach small group SAT classes at Success Academy charter schools while continuing to help individual students excel in STEM subjects and college admissions. I began teaching in high school, working with students at the Cambridge Learning Center and later as a Math Teaching Fellow at... (read more)
...Although a large number of topics are covered in the ACT test, it is most important to build a foundation of the most important ideas across all disciplines that, when tied together, build understanding and confidence for the test. My background in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Engineering en... (read more)