Award-Winning Microbiology Tutors in Petaluma, CA

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...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...

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...at Genentech. I love to work with students of all levels to achieve their academic goals; I myself have excelled on my own standardized tests (including perfect scores on my SAT and AP exams in high school) and in my coursework (graduated summa cum laude from Wash U with a BA in biology) and I...

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