Fun Facts

I thoroughly enjoy hiking, camping, and photography here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. I also recently developed a penchant for ballroom dancing: Swing, Waltz, and Foxtrot. Perhaps I should have been in the circus, because I have aptitudes for strange things: I can juggle, walk on stilts, ride a unicycle, and hula-hoop while running.

About Me

I graduated Summa Cum Laude from washington/seattle">seattle-pacific-university">washington/seattle">Seattle Pacific University in 2012 with a double-major in chemistry and physiology. My overall GPA was 3.98. My major GPAs were each 3.98. As a freshman, I was awarded "Chemistry Student of the Year." As a senior, I received the Kenneth A. Moore Scholarship for premedical studies. I then attended washington">University of Washington to receive my Doctor of Physical Therapy degree and graduated at the top of my class. As a physical therapist, I now help individuals rehabilitate from injuries, surgeries, and illnesses in order to return to the lifestyles that they love.

I started washington/washington/seattle">seattle">tutoring as an undergraduate student at washington/seattle">seattle-pacific-university">washington/seattle">Seattle Pacific University. I performed private washington/washington/seattle">seattle">tutoring for 4 years while at SPU, washington/washington/seattle">seattle">tutoring subjects including general chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, and anatomy and physiology. During my last year at SPU, I worked at the SPU washington/washington/seattle">seattle">Tutoring Center, where I tutored chemistry and anatomy and physiology about 20 hours per week. I also worked as a chemistry lab teaching assistant for 3 years while at SPU. After graduation, I worked 20 hours per week as a college math and science washington/washington/seattle">seattle">tutor at Olympic College's washington/washington/seattle">seattle">tutoring center in Bremerton, WA.

My approach is facilitate the student's learning by breaking down complex topics or problems into their component parts and then to ask key questions to help the learner arrive at each intermediate answer along the way. I also help the student to develop better study strategies through organization of the material and by making helpful diagrams and figures for study and understanding purposes. I will never do a student's problem for him or her but will rather work together with the student to arrive at a strategy for solving the problem that can then be used on future problems.

Experience

I worked as a washington/washington/seattle">seattle">tutor and lab teaching assistant in a variety of subjects at washington/seattle">seattle-pacific-university">washington/seattle">Seattle Pacific University. Subjects include anatomy and physiology, physics, algebra, general chemistry and organic chemistry. After graduating SPU, I worked at Olympic College, where I tutored students in math subjects up to calculus and also tutored biology, chemistry and anatomy and physiology.

Approach

My personal washington/washington/seattle">seattle">tutoring philosophy fits well with that of Frog washington/washington/seattle">seattle">Tutoring. I ensure that the student has a solid foundational understanding of the subject before moving on to new material and then challenge the student to conquer new problems that will aid him or her in tackling problems on tests and quizzes. I also emphasize general study and organizational skills.