Award-Winning ACT Reading Tutors in San Ramon, CA

...graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan in May 2010 with a B.A. in English Literature. I worked for three years as a paralegal in New York, and recently relocated to the Bay Area. I have a deep appreciation for literature, writing, foreign languages and enjoy tutoring in these subjects most. I have extensive experience as an academic tutor. I worked one-on-one with a middle school student as an academic tutor and mentor...

...volunteer to help local-area elementary school students with Math, Science, and Reading. With more than eight years of tutoring experience, I have helped students with both test preparation and various academic subjects. I particularly enjoy tutoring Physics, Chemistry, and Algebra. Although Math and Science are traditionally viewed as difficult subjects, I believe that once students realize that such subjects are not something to be afraid of, they excel very quickly. Seemingly daunting word problems can...

...am a recent graduate from Swarthmore College currently working as a writer in the beautiful city of San Francisco. I have years of experience tutoring biology, experience with taking standardized tests (SAT, ACT, AP, MCAT), and a passion for helping students succeed. I love discussing biology and believe that tutoring should adapt to each individual student's style and be a fun experience for both people involved. Talk to me about anything related to biology, medicine,...

...am a current Biotechnology Master's student at the University of San Francisco. Before that, I attended Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo and earned my B.S. in Biology with an emphasis in Human Anatomy & Physiology and a minor in Biotechnology. Throughout college, I helped many of my fellow students learn more and get better grades in a wide variety of classes by helping them to study more effectively and efficiently. Outside of school, I...

...have had numerous tutoring experiences, whether it be one-on-one personal tutoring for middle school kids or Competition Math. I think the value in me as a tutor is teaching students how to solve problems on their own, instead of just relying on me to give them the answers. I can teach students the importance of not giving up, ease the pressure they get from academics, and help them to comprehend the learning material more easily....

...program, I founded a partnership with two low-income high schools in order to provide free tutoring for their students. I've been on both sides of the tutoring relationship and know how frustrating it can be to not understand material in class. I try to make tutoring as fun an engaging as possible with creative examples. I can tutor everything from literature to algebra. I'm super easy going and have fun with my students. In my...

...social science essays as well as letters of intent for internships. I also spent a semester in London studying history and English. I taught 7th grade math (pre-algebra) for a year and was the peer tutoring mentor teacher during that time. For the last year and a half I have worked with the teenage girls at church. I teach biweekly Sunday School lessons and help plan weekly activities. Currently I stay at home with our...

I have over ten years of experience tutoring and I love working with my students. It is my priority to meet each student's unique learning needs, and I enjoy making seemingly complex concepts easy to understand. Many of my former students/clients refer friends or ask to work with me when new needs arise. I also love to help students with essays and college/grad school applications.

...my classmates and I took turns tutoring each other in the material. In addition to this, I have also led classes of small children in painting and arts & crafts. I tutor Art History, AP Art History, ACT and SAT Reading, English, Essay Editing, Test Prep, as well as Spanish. My favorite subject to tutor is Art History. I love exploring the intricacies and layers of what makes a work of art important. Because of...

...for middle school students in East Palo Alto, and serving as an interpreter and health educator in a local free clinic. While at Stanford, I also had the opportunity to work abroad in Ecuador, where I planned educational activities for working children in Quito, and in South Africa volunteering at an HIV clinic. Now, in graduate school, I am a teacher assistant in Physiology for Physical Therapy and Pharmacy students. I am originally from Uruguay,...