Award-Winning Spanish 2 Tutors serving Hempstead, NY

...outs of the middle/high school foreign language system we implement here in the United States. I, myself, struggled with Spanish at the beginning of high school, but through perseverance and a new-found passion for the language, I was able to score a 5 on the AP Spanish exam. I have been a Spanish tutor at my college since my sophomore year where I help students of all abilities. As far as abroad experience, I spent...

...grad. I'm originally from Seattle, Washington, land of rain and flannels (a few of my favorite things!). In Seattle, I attended a very challenging high school called Lakeside. Lakeside taught me to be the hard-working, ambitious, academically-oriented person I am today. This drive definitely made the transition with me into my time at NYU, where I majored in drama with a concentration in musical theatre. Being an actor always made sense with my warm, outgoing,...

...of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin. I wrote for The Daily Texan as a movie, art, and theater critic, and I've recently been published on Glamour.com. I also have taken TV writing classes. I've worked with children as young as 3 as a camp counselor, and I spent some of the last 5 years as a nanny to children of all ages. I've always enjoyed helping kids understand what they're studying...

...upon, where I can learn the student's needs and feel proud when I see progress. I used to tutor middle school and high school students back in 2009 to 2010. School can be very stressful for students and just a little motivation can clear up their minds to be able to understand the material that they are having trouble with. Personally, I believe practice makes perfect and being consistent with your practice, one can achieve...

...next fall. I’ve always had a love of learning, and I'm particularly interested in politics, history, and religion. I am an avid reader and enjoy discussing literature and popular culture. I’ve worked with teens in classroom settings in multiple capacities, including as a tutor, a volunteer health teacher, and a program leader for NYC youth. I enjoy helping people grasp new ideas, develop techniques for better writing, and sharpen their argumentative skills.

...realize their goals is a big passion of mine, and that's why I'm so excited to be working with Varsity Tutors! Understanding a subject boils down to understanding its basic components, and my philosophy is if you master the basics, no question can be too difficult for you. I can tutor a wide variety of subjects, but I'm most equipped to prepare students for their SAT's (math, critical reading, and writing) alongside teaching History, Economics,...

I'm Ricardo and I'm currently a sophomore at Stony Brook University majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

...Nacional de Colombia, where I graduated. Then, I was a practicing Doctor in rural and small hospitals of Colombia as General Practitioner. Ten years ago, I moved to New York City and I have been working as Research Coordinator for New York University. At the same time, I took 40 credits at Touro College of bachelor in Biology. I enjoy to motivate students to gain knowledge and I possess the skills to explain difficult subjects,...

...career, in courses ranging from writing seminar to research methods. I'm currently faculty at The New School (Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College) and CUNY (City College, Queens College), and an Isador Lubin Fellow in the PhD Program at the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at The New School. I hold an MS in urban planning from Columbia University and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. I am a proud...

...literacy, organizing, and the whole human that go along with all learning. I often say I work best with folks who "love learning but hate school." I am very flexible with teaching, ethics and focus on student needs, styles and interests. In languages especially, I can bring students to great leaps in proficiency through low-stress, research-backed methods like immersion in "comprehensible input" and learning through stories and cultural material with lots of context.

...Brook University graduate preparing to attend optometry school in the fall of 2022. For as long as I can remember, I have had a passion for learning. By middle school, I discovered that passion extended to helping others learn as well. I began tutoring friends in Spanish, algebra, and earth science, finding fun ways to keep them engaged with the material. I continued tutoring my peers throughout high school and college in a variety of...

...to learn highly efficient language training methods that I have used in turn with private students in English, Spanish, and translation work. In New York, I also began studying French and German, including courses at the Alliance Franaise and the Deutsches Haus, at New York University. In 2008, I earned a Master's Degree in Music from Brooklyn College, City University of New York. As a Music major, I find the music learning process extremely useful...

...my passion since I was a child and I've spent each decade of my life successfully educating various groups of students that have been my pleasure to shine. My educational motto is "students are like bright diamonds covered and hidden through mud; waiting for their educators to take their turns wiping away the mud and polishing the diamonds to shine bright". While earning my Masters Degree in Urban Education, I learned one of the most...

...and aspiring educator currently applying to graduate programs to become a high school English teacher. I studied English and Theatre Arts at Loyola Marymount University and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2014. I am an alumni member of Sigma Tau Delta, the national English Honors Society, and I was a student ambassador for the English department at my college. During school, I was able to study abroad in Madrid, Spain, where I was able to...

...recently graduated from Vassar College, where I majored in education. While at college, I tutored elementary through high school students in English language arts, social studies and math. I also led after school art and cooking activities. Since graduating, I worked as a paralegal in Chicago for eight months, and I recently moved to NYC to pursue education related career opportunities. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, running and walking outside and reading. I...

...I am also a funny, outgoing, goodhearted and friendly person. I love to build personal relationships with my clients, which makes me unique in that each tutoring session is structured around the individual needs of my student. However, although I am friendly and fun I also am fairly strict and rigorous in my tutoring style- (my mom always told me that one day I would appreciate how strict she was with my schoolwork- I guess...

...experience, I graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University with a GPA of 3.8 and a bachelors in both Chemistry and Spanish. As a chemistry major, I feel confident teaching chemistry and organic chemistry. As a medical student, I also feel confident teaching MCAT preparation, physiology and anatomy. I am a native Spanish speaker and studied Latin American and Spanish-Language literature extensively, so I am very comfortable teaching Spanish for any level of proficiency. Lastly,...

...and effective use of physical space to transform a community. Halfway through the program, I realized student affairs was my career path, and I decided to enroll in USC's Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (PASA) Masters program. The PASA program provided a strong foundation to understand higher education. I began my professional student affairs career right before I completed the program, and as my career progressed, my professional journey shifted my focus from finishing the...

...goals and apprehensions with a given subject. Communication is crucial because it helps me the tutor and the student set milestones that are achievable with a certain time scope. I love learning and sharing with others the things I learn. There???s no better reward for me as a tutor than to help a student see just how interesting history, languages, literature, poetry, art and politics can be as subjects. It is a great joy reading...

Certified in secondary math and completing a degree in international education, I am in my fourth year of full-time teaching. I am passionate about learning, both for myself and to assist others in their learning. As a language enthusiast that studied Biology (with a specialization in Genetics) in college, I have ample experience in multidisciplinary learning.