Hi there, my name is Melissa! I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Public Policy. My goal is to become an education advocate someday - legally defending each child's right to learn. (read more)
I am driven by the challenge of helping every student to succeed. Most recently I have done this at the secondary level as a public charter school teacher. Prior to that, alongside my own doctoral work in mathematics, I taught and assistant-taught college-level math classes, from remedial Calculus to Multivariate Calculus. (read more)
32 Subjects: includingAlgebra 2,English,Reading,SAT Math
...I feel particularly adept at teaching this subject because it straddles quantitative and qualitative approaches. This seems to throw off many student, but I find that once they get the hang of "telling a story with numbers" they flourish. I began working with ESL students through responding to requests from parents of a few of my students. (read more)
...Have taken AP Calculus AB and College Calculus 2 & 3, not receiving less than a A in any class. I have over 80 hours in tutoring Calculus to fellow classmates and younger ages, having found tens of different ways of explaining a concept given the students strengths. In addition, I have 30 hours on record of tutoring AP Calculus BC. (read more)
...When I got into my last year of college, I made my services as a tutor available through personal connections. This was mainly assisting freshmen and sophomores in introductory statistics, calculus, and economics courses. Upon graduating, I've been slowly building a network of students that mainly consists of pupils looking for SAT prep. (read more)