Fun Facts

My hobbies include writing, more writing, reading, more reading, Medieval Literature, cooking, baking, and sleeping. While I sound fairly dull, I make up for it with amazing wit and a beautiful singing voice. I am interested in learning anything that someone will teach me or that I can learn from a book. My current obsession is the science of sustainable living.

About Me

Greetings! I will be graduating from Rice University in the Spring of 2014 with a B.A. in English. I am a Gates Millennium and a Quest Bridge Scholar. After I graduate, I plan to take a year off to consider whether or not I wish to pursue graduate school for Law, Business, or Library Science. During that time, I will be working in various houston">tutoring positions , starting a business,and saving money for an eventual trip around the world with my best friend. My ultimate career goal is to do what I love and get paid to do it.

I began houston">tutoring my peers in middle school. It was informal and confined to common classes. As I got older and entered into high school, my interest in a myriad of subjects made houston">tutoring students, regardless if I had common classes with them or not easy. During high school, I was a part of the official mentoring program of my high school and an unofficial houston">tutor for the members of the boys and girls Water Polo and Swimming teams. When I am to college, I acquired the position of a Rice Learning Assistant, during which I taught a one-hour basic Computational and Applied Mathematics course for one semester. After that, I became a communication consultant with the Rice Center for Written, Oral and Visual Communication and have been working in that capacity for the past two years.

I believe that houston">tutoring is a process of teaching students to correct themselves. The first step is to ask the student where they see their problems. I find that students can give more information about their academic background than a look at any test scores. The next step is to see them in action, whether that be math problems or paper writing. After that, it is not unusual to map out some of the general patterns of mistakes and to talk through them so that the student is aware of their mistakes and can therefore correct themselves in the future.