Award-Winning A Level Spanish Tutors serving Illinois

I recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University and am currently taking a gap year as I apply to medical school. I took the MCAT in August 2019 and scored in the 98th percentile. I am happy to help with test preparation strategies and study plans, as well as content-specific questions and more!

My name is Talia and I am excited to be joining the Varsity Tutors team! I have a background in Architecture, Geography and Spanish, but have an interest in many things including art and design. I love drawing and making comics, and I am especially passionate about inter-disciplinary education.

...math teacher! I believe teachers have an opportunity to impact their students in a positive way by providing them support, respect, encouragement, and opportunity. Our education is an important part of the person we become later in life, as students are our future activists, volunteers, and educators. If I can change just one student's life...

...an Advanced Certificate in Bilingual Education. I appreciate different cultures and enjoyed working in a bilingual setting in different communities both in NY and now RI. In my experience working in schools, I have dedicated myself to working one-on-one and in small groups to both remediate and accelerate. Currently, I am a full time mother.

...experience in assisting grad students with writing thesis papers and dissertations as well as guiding them on how to analyze data. I am also an intermediate user of STATA. My oldest son is a freshman and is 15 years old. He has mild autism and has many difficulties academically with reading, writing, and math. Over the...

...and learning. As a special education educator, I have experience and differentiating and modifying instruction in order for students to learn state standards that are required of them. Every student has the opportunity to reach as far and to be as great as possible. It is my objective to serve these students diligently to successfully...

I plan to encourage students to be confident about their language journey! Patience and repetition is the key to growth!

...as a conduit for your process. I can help organize your approach by finding the most highly recurring places where you struggle and construct a more stable foundation. We aim to enjoy learning, not score perfect. That allows us to relax as we polish or build skills that once hindered progress. Even though I started...

...or Spanish course. I also tutor for standardized tests, such as the SAT and the MCAT. I recently took the MCAT and scored very high on the science sections (132 Psych, 131 Chem/Phys, 129 Bio), so I would be a good resource for MCAT material as well. In terms of tutoring experience, I am a...

...come to appreciate a multitude of different learning and teaching styles, understanding the importance of creating an environment where everyone feels comfortable practicing or learning a new language. I have also taken college level courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, government policy in the U.S. economy, and the economics of immigration. I am most passionate about tutoring...