Award-Winning Science Tutors serving Catalina Foothills, AZ

After graduating from the University of Arizona with a degree in Mathematics I came to a startling realization. I really like math. I love learning new and interesting ways to use it and I am excited to share my understanding with others. I am a patient person and I will do my utmost to ensure you reach your educational goals.

...a minor in Business Administration. I have tutored for all of my life. My mother has had her own tutoring company for more than 15 years in Phoenix, and while I lived in NYC, I tutored with No Child Left Behind. I also have worked professionally throughout the United States of America, Mexico, and numerous South American countries. My promise to you: results, fun learning, and dedicated focus for success. I look forward to our...

...foreign policy and immigration in Guatemala, published in Yes! Magazine this past June 2019; to short fiction exploring a national security intrigue, published in Thriller Magazine in July; to lyrical nonfiction/memoir in two Middle East border zones, published in Electric Literature in August 2019; to forthcoming work accepted for publication by Foreign Policy and The Progressive magazines. I am currently a resident fellow/visiting scholar of the Agnese Nelms Haury Program and History Department at the...

I am a physical chemist with 14 years of industrial experience, one year of US government experience, 15 years of undergraduate chemistry teaching experience, 5 years of postdoctoral experience, and 20 years of military experience.

...in many ways and all the while, I have been instructing and tutoring students that have goals to do the same. I enjoy sharing experiences and knowledge with students and providing a practical learning style that meets each individual's needs. I have experience teaching and coaching students that are preparing for certifications with both nationally recognized personal training agencies and as an Emergency Medical Technician with the National Registry of EMTs. I also enjoy tutoring...

...believe we may fundamentally strengthen our critical thinking, amongst many other skills, through teaching/demonstrating/facilitating. The following skills, abilities, and values are why I am a versatile and effective academic support agent: >I can easily connect ideas and patterns across many disciplines >the way I have learned to contextualize new content to be more personally relevant (more effective memory consolidation) can be used as a frame of reference in assisting other's make personally relevant connections >ability...

...expand their knowledge and find confidence in academics. I earned my Bachelor's Degree in biology in 2011 from the University of Nevada, Reno. As an undergraduate, I worked as a peer tutor for three years in science, math, and English. During the same time, I was a teaching assistant for an introductory biology course. Since graduation I have worked as a molecular technologist in a genetics based lab, and I am now going to be...

...from sentence construction to writing theses about literature, from great writers. There is, as Hemingway said, no great writing only great re-writing. This requires hard work and patience and some of it boils down to simple rules, after which one can develop one's style. My main goals are to simplify concepts, and empathize with the same learning difficulties I had. Some "beginning" courses are really hard and deal with problems no one could solve until...

I'm a student at the University of Arizona studying biology. My favorite subjects are mathematics, biology, and chemistry. I started tutoring math in high school and really enjoyed the experience of helping others learn.

...for aviation and sharing that passion with others, from my very first flight, I have become increasingly fascinated by the world of aviation. As a CFI, I have gained hands-on experience in teaching, coaching, and mentoring aspiring aviators. I firmly believe that aviation is not just about flying planes, but about understanding the science, the discipline, and the dedication required to become a skilled and safe pilot. Whether it's helping students with their flight training...

...After completing this course and earning a listing on the math department's website, I tutored through the rest of my college career with students from middle school level to college level. As a result of being listed with the math department, most of my experience tutoring involved math. With this experience I've found I favor an approach to tutoring that builds from past lessons and mastered material into the current subject matter to work towards...

I am attending University of Arizona to get my bachelors in Pharmecuetical Sciences and then pursue my PharmD. I have a degree in Elementary Education from ASU and taught middle school math for one year. Additionally I have tutored math for two years to fill in student gaps. My personal belief is that learning should be fun.

...tutor are Algebra, Algebra II, and Chemistry, but I also really enjoy tutoring Physics and Geometry. My approach to tutoring is to pinpoint why a student is struggling and to work through difficulties with clear and novel explanations as well as targeted practice. I believe that helping a student master the material is key towards gaining the needed confidence. Outside of school and work, I enjoy getting outdoors, whether it is on a bike or...

...but chemistry was the first thing that I was great at. I have a knack for connecting abstract theory to the history and modern practice of the sciences. I got my degree in biochemistry from the University of Arizona, where I taught general chemistry labs and TA'd for many semesters of biology. I focused much of my attention on organic chemistry, taking both the majors courses, as well as the 450, 538, and 640 synthetic...

...work experience working for Pima Community College where I helped students with math and physics mostly. My favorite subjects are math and programming. My teaching style is critical thinking oriented, I like asking and working out key questions and problems that help students develop a strong understanding of the fundamental. This technique has helped many students improve their grades and to stop depending on my tutoring service over a short period of time.

...minor in math. I've been a tutor throughout my educational career and I have to be honest I really enjoy it. I enjoy understanding how people learn and will often adapt my teaching style to better fit you. I like to keep the sessions light hearted because learning should be fun and not a grueling 3 hr interrogation of stuff your already having trouble with. So lets chat about chemistry and math and soon after...

...for immigrants in the United States, as seeing through my personal experiences. One way to project personal identity begins with the refusal to fit into a restricted society in which resignation is not an option, then the ability to overcome language barrier. Only by action, by moving out into the world, confronting, and challenging the obstacles like I did, could one learn anything worthy. One will overcome all the discrimination in this word if he...

...in 2009. My dissertation was titled "The Canonical Proper-time Theory Applied to Particles and Fields." After graduate school became a postdoctoral researcher at the National Solar Observatory in Tucson AZ. There I studied Local Helioseismology. After I left the National Solar Observatory in 2011, I began teaching. I have taught at various community colleges, a university and two high schools. These include Pima Community College, Mesa Community College, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Arizona State University, Primavera...

...I took on substitute teaching positions at high schools near my college. I also did some substituting at high and junior high level after I retired. During my career as with the FBI, I also taught law and law enforcement classes at the junior college level. Additionally, after my retirement I became a flight instructor and ground instructor for a local airline. I attended high school in Boulder, Colorado and college at the University of...

...and liberal studies Honors. I am now pursuing graduate school with an emphasis on Behavior and Evolutionary Biology, and as such my favorite subjects to tutor are science related. I feel that success in a subject is directly related to an individuals interest in that subject, so my first goal is to always help a student discover what they think is interesting about the subject. Once an interest is formed, appreciation and understanding easily develop....