Award-Winning Summer Tutors in Palo Alto, CA

...2016 graduate of the University of Southern California. I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with a minor in Spanish and am currently in the process of applying to graduate schools to pursue a Masters degree in Education and my teaching credential. Because I have such a passion for teaching, throughout college I sought out as many opportunities as possible to support students in their learning and development. In the beginning of college,...

...Valley Christian High School in San Jose, CA in 2014, and I am currently a pharmacy student at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston, MA. I am proficient in mathematics, teaching up to AP Calculus AB. I live and breathe on the basic foundations that are essential in solving and understanding these problems that I fiercely pass on to my students. I believe that students learn best when I adapt to their methods of learning...

...J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and my B.A. from Cornell University. In college, I majored in Russian and French, and before law school, I spent two years teaching English as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine. In the years since, I have provided ESL tutoring to students with a diversity of backgrounds, ages, and nationalities. During law school, I taught full-length LSAT courses and provided private LSAT tutoring for a test preparation company....

...working as a tutor and educator for over 8 years. I graduated from UC Berkeley's department of English, where I majored in English and American Literature and minored in Creative Writing. Currently, I work as a Teaching Assistant and graduate instructor for college-level rhetoric and composition classes, as well as university-level senior thesis and literature seminars. I also work with everyone from ESL students to students with multiple languages to elementary-aged students just learning to...

...a T.A. at Yale College, Santa Barbara City College, and Education Française Bay Area, and teaching study skills and ACT preparation courses at College Track Oakland. Independently, I have tutored English skills and French for elementary and high school students. I am proud to say that I had strong success in teaching French to a high school student with learning differences, using a completely oral and visual approach. In addition to my teaching experience and...

...my own education is to retrieve knowledge through higher education that others can apply to change their lifestyle and improve their quality of life. This is one of the reasons I am a pre-health student with an aim for a career as a Physician's Assistant. Tutoring students is directly related to my mantra and passion to educate. I am very eager to apply the lessons learned through high school and two years at Cal to...

...2013 with a Bachelors in Literature/Writing from UC San Diego, and am currently a Master's student in Literature at San Francisco State University. During my gap year between degrees, I privately tutored my neighbor in AP English and coached her with college applications, and it made me realize how much I enjoy helping a student slowly master a skill and achieve their goals. Currently, I work at San Francisco State's on campus tutoring center as...

...UCLA after studying Sociology and Government. After working briefly in politics, I decided to go into education, and since then I have spent time working in a charter school, as a private English tutor in Madrid, and with both private and non-profit academic support and enrichment programs. Over the years I've taught just about every subject. I love helping students develop a positive, can-do attitude in relation to subjects that used to make them feel...

...graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology. I received my Bachelor of Sciences in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. I began tutoring in my freshman year of college, and continued to do so throughout my college years. I primarily worked as a private tutor, helping middle school and high school aged students in a wide variety of math and science courses. I also volunteered on a weekly basis at a local community center to...

...each and every student is capable of becoming to reach their potential with the subjects they take. I've been a student myself for essentially my whole life and the most important lesson I've learned would be that it is important to never lose hope when life gets tough. It's okay if you don't have all As every semester in every class: what's more important is your effort. One's efforts and hard work are what really...