Award-Winning Reading Tutors in San Mateo, CA

...Bachelor's degree in English and Spanish from U.C. Berkeley and a law degree from University of San Francisco School of Law. I have traveled extensively in Mexico and Latin America, often living for months speaking only Spanish and Portuguese. I also have spent the last eight years in a career with a heavy emphasis on persuasive writing in English. I enjoy reading and discussing literature and poetry and helping students deconstruct difficult material. My tutoring...

...primarily tutored English as a Second Language, Reading/Writing, and Mathematics. As a Spanish major who also lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and an Economics major, I frequently tutored friends in both subjects for free because I genuinely enjoy teaching. My favorite subject to tutor is language, including Spanish and English (reading and writing), with Economics as a close second. I am a huge proponent of education; I believe it is essential to improving any and...

...love to teach English Literature because I enjoy reading and discussing the impact of texts on history and culture. I use an inquiry based teaching style that values questions, concerns, and confusions. My ultimate goal is to build upon student's confidence and agency.Outside of academia, I enjoy cooking, music, photography, and the outdoors. I have a cat, who I adore. He likes to lounge around the computer screen while I am working.

...I have enjoyed the opportunity of working with kids in many different settings. I've volunteered to help high-risk children with their homework and been a group leader for a special outreach program for girls (9-12) who were at risk for losing literacy skills during their summer break. My background in English Literature makes me a great teacher for reading comprehension and essay writing. I am also very adept at tutoring elementary and middle school level...

...with all age groups from infants to those in high school in a variety of settings including nannying, being a camp counselor, interning in a Pre-K classroom, a Kindergarten classroom, and currently a 3rd grade classroom. I have tutored for three students who were all freshman in high school and needed help in time management, math, Spanish, History, and Biology. My favorite subjects to tutor are History (because I love it and I am a...

...eager to apply the lessons learned through high school and two years at Cal to help a student excel in any material. Because both of my parents are teachers (one high school-level and one university-level), I have both observed their teaching methods in the classroom and have received their teaching. I have had the opportunity to communicate through difficult concepts with them, evaluate methods, and test approaches occasionally with my own tutees. I have taught...

...public health, and I participated in the California Childhood Leukemia Study at Berkeley's School of Public Health. Currently, I am taking a few years off before applying to medical school. In my free time, I like to read, run, do yoga, and cook. I have experience teaching both Verbal Reasoning and Math portions of the SAT, and I also have tutored Chemistry, Biology, Calculus, and Writing. When teaching, I like to give relatable examples and...

...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 throughout my college career at the University of Michigan. I work in all subject areas, including math and science. I am patient, a good...

...lifelong student. The best compliment anyone could give me about my teaching is that I make the material interesting and exciting. I think my greatest strength as a tutor is my patience. I take care to listen and make sure I understand where my students are having trouble so I can adjust my approach before tackling the material. I tutor a wide variety of subjects but the subjects I love best are English, Literature, and...

...perspective to communication that is reflective of the cultures they stem from. Thus, learning languages has encouraged me to open my mind to different ways of looking at things, and it is this that I most love sharing with my students. My first tutoring work was teaching math, and I enjoy breaking down seemingly difficult math problems into solvable pieces with my students. I also tutor essay writing and English, Economics, History, and Political Science,...