Maya: Rhode Island tutor

Name: Maya - Tutor for Middle School
Telephone: (401) 753-3941
Price range: $$

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I am a current Masters of Science student at Georgetown University studying Infectious Disease and am due to graduate in 2025. Last year, I graduated from Vanderbilt University with my bachelors degree as a triple major in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Political Science, and Communications of Science and Technology. While at Vanderbilt, I was a Teaching Assistant in both the Department of Biology where I taught Introduction to Biology, and the Department of Political Science where I worked with students studying Middle East Politics. In these roles, I directly engaged with students to enhance their comprehension of each subject, refine their written communication abilities, and bolster their note-taking and test-taking skills. I was also captain of Vanderbilt's Debate Team for two years and am extremely passionate about effective communication and respectful discourse. In this role, I taught college and elementary school students the art of argumentation and debate while emphasizing the significance of public speaking in contemporary society.

While I am qualified to tutor a broad range of subjects and students, I am most passionate about tutoring mathematics and science. Through my experience as a high school tutor and college teaching assistant, I've directly observed the challenges students face in grasping these subjects, particularly at early education levels or among those with learning differences. Without sufficient practice and assistance, students can fall behind and lose their love of learning. I firmly believe that our natural curiosity and love of learning should be harnessed in the classroom, not dampened down. In pursuit of this, I encourage creative thinking and problem-solving and use various pedagogy techniques, such as active recall, to engage students in my classroom and tutoring sessions. I try to instill in all of my students that they are capable of great things and that learning is beautiful, because I truly believe that it is.

I have been a tutor for over seven years, and have just reached my one-year anniversary with Varsity Tutors. Next year, I will continue tutoring as I pursue my PhD at Johns Hopkins University. I am excited to work with you and your child to unlock their fullest potential both inside and outside the classroom!

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Maya’s Qualifications

Education & Certification

Undergraduate Degree: Vanderbilt University - Bachelor of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Undergraduate Degree: Vanderbilt University - Bachelor of Science, Communications Technologies

Undergraduate Degree: Vanderbilt University - Bachelor of Science, Political Science and Government

Graduate Degree: Georgetown University - Master of Science, Epidemiology

Hobbies

Baking, Cooking, Sewing, Archery, Weightlifting, Reading, Writing, Teaching, Debate

Tutoring Subjects

ACT Science

Algebra