Marissa received her Ph.D in Clinical Neuroscience from USC and focused her research on adolescent development, cognitive processes, learning, and, in recent years, stress and resilience, the effects of meditation and mindfulness on the brain, neurofeedback, and consciousness. Marissa has nearly 20... (read more)
...I'm an almost-native speaker of Hebrew. I moved to live in Israel at age nine (in the middle of 4th grade) and was completely immersed in the language and culture. I graduated high school there having studied Hebrew grammar, Hebrew literature, Bible, History, and Talmud. (read more)
...My students do really well! We review the basics and then practice test-taking, to maximize your scores and minimize your anxiety. I help students excel on the TEAS and many other entrance exams, like the SAT, CLAST, CBEST, LSAT, GRE, ASVAB, TEAS, and GMAT. (read more)
...I also worked as a volunteer undergraduate tutor in Chemistry. I have 10+ years of tutoring math subjects, including Geometry. In completing my Engineering degree, I have 4 semesters of calculus, 1 semester of linear algebra, and 1 semester of statistics, as well as 1 year of statistics in graduate school. (read more)
...I help my students master the ACT Writing portion, including the Essay. I personally scored in the 99th percentile on both the PSAT and SAT and was a Presidential Scholar Finalist. Although I never took the ACT, I have helped my students improve their ACT scores by as many as 8-10 points. (read more)