Fun Facts

I have a weird ability to say words backwards, I won the spelling bee in 4th grade at my elementary school, and I speak some Italian. I am passionate about the arts, I danced ballet for 13 years, and I went to a theater camp growing up and actually once played Frodo (a boy character from Lord of the Rings) in a play - I'm still not sure why they cast me in that role! Two summers ago I had the amazing privilege of spending 6 weeks in Rome, studying Italian and Art History. I love reading and writ

About Me

I was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas with almost all of my immediate and extended family there. I attended a Montessori School from kindergarten until third grade which had a tremendous impact on me and gave me learning skills I cherish to this day. I then attended public school until I graduated in 2009 in the top 3% of my graduating class. I was involved in choir, theater, and debate which became my main focus in high school. I'm in my third year at the University of Texas at Austin but am actually planning on graduating in May - a year early - which I'm able to do because of the AP and Dual Credit hours I received from high school. I'm a history major at UT and absolutely love it. I would like to teach high school or college level history one day or maybe work on education reform.

I would describe my tutoring approach as open, encouraging and patient. I know that every student approaches learning in a different way and that what may take one student only one example to understand may take another student fifteen examples to understand. I think that allowing students freedom in attempting to solve problems in their own way first is very important, but that when necessary, walking through problems step-by-step with them repeating those steps as we go is also important. I truly believe that we le

Experience

I've had wonderful tutoring experiences throughout high school and college. In college I did several tutoring hours in freshman and sophomore-level math for National Honor Society. I also had the privilege of working in the Student Ambassador Program in which I worked one-on-one with a student who was having trouble passing his classes during lunch hour; we worked mainly on English and World Geography assignments. In college, I was accepted in a tutor program at the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Prog

Approach

I would describe my tutoring approach as open, encouraging and patient. I know that every student approaches learning in a different way and that what may take one student only one example to understand may take another student fifteen examples to understand. I think that allowing students freedom in attempting to solve problems in their own way first is very important, but that when necessary, walking through problems step-by-step with them repeating those steps as we go is also important. I tr