Award-Winning ISEE Tutors serving Trenton, NJ

...would have to be the day I decided to move across the world, away from my parents and the home I had known for 16 years. Growing up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is an experience I wouldn't change for the world. I was raised not only to be culturally aware of diversity, but to respect...

I don't think anyone really understands a topic until they can teach it to someone else. I want my students to understand the structure of the problems they tackle. I want them to learn how to think, not learn how to repeat.

...upper level graduate courses were at Harvard MIT and was a research assistant at the National Bureau of Economic Research. I've spent several decades on Wall Street focused on very complex financial instruments. Many of my students went to the most prestigious business and law schools in the country and have become quite well-known and...

...matter the subject area, I can break down the content and present it in a way that makes sense to you. I have a wide range of expertise across all age groups from elementary school math to college level cognitive neuroscience. My focus is on understanding how you learn and providing the individual attention to...

...science and English, including my sons (both college graduates) and a bunch of nieces and nephews. I graduated with MS in Environmental Science from Indiana University. I also have a BS in teaching Biology/Chemistry from Baku State University. I love outdoors, kayaking, swimming- an REI member. I love movies! I have had interesting experiences in...

In my experience, students who can develop a positive association with education tend to be more successful with school. As a teacher, I do my best to not only educate, but to convey the importance of learning.... After a brief conversation about their attitude towards school, I would administer a diagnostic assessment to determine the child's current levels of achievement.

...my Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies with a Spanish minor and a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) certificate. I have been teaching and tutoring in a number of different capacities for about 10 years, since I was in high school. I started out as a volunteer, walking over to the middle school at the end...

...a Master of Arts degree in Mathematics. As an undergraduate, I majored in Mathematics with an Honors Minor, while also following a pre-med track. I was inducted into the Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society for premedical students, as well as the Pi Mu Epsilon Honor Society for Mathematics students. I love math and am excited...

...and to instilling a love of literature in young people. I am passionate and focused on the intersection of social justice and education. I graduated with honors from the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in English Literature and Urban Studies with a focus on Urban Schooling. I am currently a 7th and 8th grade Social...

...I am pursuing a doctorate of dental surgery. My educational career has had its many vicissitudes but I have now zeroed in on my goal of getting into dental school. I graduated from high school the spring of 2012 with a 3.9 GPA; my favorite course was AP English. Since I was little up until...

...a mathematics degree. Math was my favorite subject in school and that is also why I am a math teacher as well. I enjoy trying to relate things in math to being outside or with sports. Doing math just in general can be boring for students so I try to make things a bit more...

My name is Emily and I have been teaching elementary grades for 6 years and tutoring for 5. I am a lifelong learner and reading and writing are my passion!

...about teaching and tutoring and I thoroughly enjoy helping students gain an understanding and a drive for their studies. I have a long history of working with students of all grade levels and abilities (elementary school through college), and I have a good understanding of strategies to excel in both general academics and standardized tests.

...do. Attitude determines how well you do it." This quote by College Football Hall of Famer Lou Holtz details the aspects to accomplishing a task. My personal belief is that these 3 components also apply to studying, and the mastery of every one is the key to academic success. I strive to achieve these three...