My educational credentials include undergraduate (Colgate University) and graduate (Harvard School of Public Health) degrees in quantitative fields – mathematics and biostatistics, respectively. The bulk of my work over the last two and a half decades has been as an educator: as a classroom teache... (read more)
...I enrolled at M.I.T. intent on becoming a world-changing scientist or engineer. While pursuing my studies in Chemical Engineering, I financed my education by working as a tutor for the MIT/Wellesley Upward Bound program: for three academic years I tutored high school students after school in all... (read more)
...When a student finds a solution to a problem they have been struggling with, it brings me immeasurable joy. Throughout my years of teaching and tutoring, this confidence in mathematics seems to expand into all other parts of a student's life. Mathematics is an all-encompassing "language" people use in everyday life. (read more)
...I also tutored a student at her home, to prepare her for the ISEE, an exam for entrance into private middle school. I have been using practice books to help students prepare for MCAS, ISEE, and SSAT for 5 years. I've also helped my son prepare for the SAT, which he took a second time, and successfully raised his math scores. (read more)
...It is important for the SATs as well, and a student who feels confident in his or her math skills will excel. Math is very important for all students, though I know it is not everyone's favorite subjects. It certainly was never mine. (read more)