Fun Facts

Nothing to me is more fun than relaxing with my closest friends and playing video games together. I LOVE soccer as well as tennis and some football, and I follow several football (American soccer) clubs very closely in my spare time. Fall is my favorite season of all; bring on the apple cider and soft crunch of leaves underfoot any day! I'm also an avid reader; currently, George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series has me enraptured. I devoured the first four books over the last month o

About Me

I come from a middle-sized town in central Illinois known as Decatur. Born and raised there, I graduated top of my class of ~230 with several AP classes under my belt and decided to attend chicago">Loyola University Chicago and entered as a Physics major. I changed to a Biophysics major my sophomore year and added a math minor, deciding that the medical route was more to my taste. I've been on the Dean's List consecutively for the past two years, and hope to continue that streak as I return for my junior year. Taking the MCAT this upcoming spring, I hope to attend medical school after Loyola though I don't know where I want to go yet. I hope to be a radiologist or anesthesiologist but really am not quite sure.

In high school, I often hosted study parties at my house and helped other students with AP Chemistry as well as AP Calculus while working through it myself. Additionally, I played on my school's Scholastic Bowl team and helped the younger members of the team with their own homework. In a more personal setting, I helped my brother with his homework while in high school when I had the time and discovered that I had a desire to help others learn. To that end, I was so excited when I got the chance to join the Frog chicago">Tutoring team and can't wait to help students!

My approach, at least in my own eyes, is very simple and begins with simply teaching the basics in an understanding manner, taking time for questions at all times. Then, slowly build up these simpler concept into grander, more complex ideas and structures. Questions are key to the process as well as the student being able to demonstrate clear understanding of the material when prompted. Instead of giving students the answers to problems, I want them to be able to answer the question for themselves and explain the concepts behind it. The use of metaphors and similes, as I learned all too well from my own excellent AP Chemistry teacher, makes learning far more interesting and easier to grasp.