...I graduated Summa cum Laude with a B.S. in mathematics and a minor in astrophysics from the University of Minnesota before moving to Seattle to pursue a Ph. D. in mathematics at the University of Washington. I have experience teaching calculus courses and various upper-level math courses at the University of Minnesota and the University of Washington. (read more)
...Also, I guide students to good study skills and habits that are suited to their learning style. My goal for all of my students is that they become independent learners. For over 10 years I have been working with students to achieve their academic goals. (read more)
...I realized that people can not only love math but they can work together to do some amazing things in it. Trigonometry may be the basics of what we see in math, but it can teach us a lot and I want to show kids everything it can do. I started studying probability and statistics in college durin... (read more)
...I have experience with students and curriculum from schools all around the Seattle area, and with GRE/ACT/SAT test preparation. Economics - I have a MA in Economics, and I currently work at the UW tutoring center as the head economics tutor. French - I lived in France for 3 years when I was younger, and I designed a course to learn French using songs that has been very popular with students. (read more)
...Everyday in the lab, I do biochemistry-like experiments. I extract lipids from bacteria, I perform DNA gel electrophoresis, etc. I also attend seminars and journal clubs, many of which have biochemistry principles in them (e.g., protein folding, etc.).While I don't remember an awful lot from th... (read more)