Award-Winning English Tutors in Phoenix, AZ

Scrubbed on 2025-08-05

...graduate of Brigham Young University where I received a BA in Spanish translation. My studies included ESL, Social studies, music, international cultures, and editing. During my formal education and since, I have sought out opportunities in the US and other countries to bring people together across cultural barriers. I love language's capacity to express and demonstrate cultural richness and uniqueness. I have helped elementary school children and adults learn English in Montrose, CO, and have...

...bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in English as a Second Language from Northern Arizona University. I was a teacher for 13 years in the SUSD school district where I taught grades 2-4. During the summers I worked with talented youth by teaching a pre-algebra course to 4th graders at Arizona State University. Throughout my career I have taught an array of learners and have developed many skills to meet individual needs. Throughout...

...I see students succeed. Students and parents will find me patient, perseverant, and a good listener. My first step is to build a trustworthy connection with the student. My philosophy is to adapt myself according to students with a two-way interaction to ensure participation. I keep an approach to making real-world connections with the study content. I keep my sessions light and easy by dividing up time between content review and practice.

...in Colombia South America, and Spanish is my first language. I love to teach. I was teaching in Colombia at the Universidad Javeriana. I was successfully teaching and tutoring different Spanish levels for undergraduate and graduate students at Arizona State University. I also have experience in teaching children, youth, and adults. In addition I am a Spanish translator. I am currently teaching a phonetics course in Bogota several times a year through my company. Teaching...

...certified teacher in Arizona in Kindergarten through Twelfth grade. I have worked with students in the classroom for over ten years and most enjoy working with students struggling with English at all levels. I am competent in teaching decoding skills, working with sight words and phonics, teacing reading comprehension and fluency. I have taught preschool and first grade, and student taught in a third/forth grad classroom. I have spent six years in middle school English...

...the wonderful world of learning. My name is Kristen and I will be your tour guide. I am a very dedicated and passionate person with an outgoing personality, who believes learning should be a fun and enriching experience. I treat each student as if they were my son or daughter, making sure they are in a comfortable and safe learning environment. I love to think outside the box when it comes to planning lessons, applying...

...biomedical engineering graduate from Arizona State University and a first year medical student. As a student myself, I often times find myself leaning on tutors more than the teachers. For that same reason, I would like to help students feel comfortable working with me in the long-term for subjects like algebra, trigonometry, and geometry. But also, for short-term goals such as ACT test prep. I've taken the exam and know exactly how to help students...

...tutor any subject for elementary school students. I love to help students in any subject because I enjoy figuring out how to help students learn the material. My tutoring style is engaging and active. I do my best to include many styles of learning in order to help a student connect with the material. We may make visual organizers, learn rhymes or chants to help retain information, or move around and play simple games. I...

...as many as 100 students would attend before exams! Teaching students how to teach themselves is my primary goal as a tutor. I might only see a student for 1 or 2 hours each week, and I want to make sure they can apply skills they develop with me to the time they study alone. I also love finding uncovering unique ways to help students make their learning relatable and retainable. Understanding is always more...

...master's degree in English and Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University. Currently, I write literature study guides which offer students a deeper understanding of classic and contemporary works. I'm also the Senior Editor of Creative Nonfiction for a literary magazine, where I've taught my team how to evaluate writing quality, cultural relevance, depth of ideas, and overall effectiveness of submissions. Despite the way technological advances have changed the ways we communicate on a daily...

...than just adding to the cumulative knowledge of the past, some would say that information is increasing at an exponential rate. Currently, students are being asked to absorb this information; often without a proper structure or guidance as to how this can be accomplished. Having already made this journey myself, I am very excited to join Varsity Tutors and to help motivated students in their quest for a meaningful role within society.

...working with a diverse range of students and can adapt to the needs of each unique learner. I aim to provide one-on-one individualized lessons for each client. For the last year, I have been working as a teaching assistant to an honors faculty member at Arizona State University (ASU). As a teaching assistant, I prepare class materials, perform lectures, grade written assignments of at least 120 students per semester, and individually tutor undergraduate students in...

I graduated with a degree in biology (genetics, cell development) and Spanish linguistics and have taken the MCAT twice. I am certified to teach ESL students. I have extensive experience working with children and in tutoring. I genuinely believe that learning is fun and should be a major part of everyone's everyday life. I make an active effort to incorporate this into my tutoring style.

...from Arizona State University with a double major in English literature and Italian language, I relocated to Italy for a year to study Latin, Greek, and Italian at the University of Padua. The following year, I completed a Master's degree in Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto where I am currently a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Medieval Studies. My Ph.D. dissertation is about the political history of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy. At the...

...the opportunity to strengthen the connections in the brain that produce learning. When I am not perfecting my tutoring skills, I find myself involved in music in some way. I play the drums and have been playing for ten years. I also like to play the piano, guitar, or any instrument I can get my hands on. Music is a big part of who I am. I would be happy to recommend Spanish musicians to...

...in high school, I fell in love with Calculus. In my second year of calculus, I asked my Calc 1 teacher what job I could have where I got to do calculus and math all day. She told me that my calc 2 teacher has that job. I want to be a teacher that can help any student feel that way about their most rigorous passions. Being a great learner, (which is perhaps the ultimate...

...College Preparatory in Phoenix, AZ for high school and I am a recent college graduate with a Bachelor in Health Sciences from the University of Arizona's Physiology Department under the College of Medicine. As an undergraduate at the UA, I majored in Physiology with minors in Public Health and Africana Studies. While at the UA I earned over 270 credit hours, was on the Dean's List and received High Academic Distinction for 6 semesters, and...

...a strong skill level in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. I enjoy teaching elementary school students in reading comprehension, writing, math, and the sciences. I believe that this is the time to develop a strong foundation for future learning which will help sustain a high level of confidence, build self-esteem, and autonomy. I work to show this age group that learning can be fun by using a variety of different activities and resources so they...

...that there isn't anything you cannot learn! I have tutored at many levels including elementary and high school. I was also a Teacher's Assistant at the college level. I have worked with many students including special needs children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder and some emotionally disturbed children. I have experience in the medical microbiology lab at the Hawaii Department of Health and a virology research lab at University of Hawaii at...