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BA University of Pittsburgh • Certificate, Education of Individuals in Elementary Special Education Programs Waynesburg University
5+ Years Tutoring

I am a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Waynesburg University. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education nK-6 with a minor in Children's Literature. I earned a Special Education certificate from Waynesburg University. I am also certified to teach Middle School Science, Social Studies and English.

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BA The University of Texas at Dallas • Current Grad Student, Mechanical Engineering Duke University
10+ Years Tutoring

I'm not tutoring or buried in my textbooks, you will either find me rock climbing at the Triangle Rock Club, playing Ultimate Frisbee, working on my car, or enjoying the great outdoors (beaches, mountains, forests--you name it, I love it). On rainy weekends I enjoy tinkering with computers and old electronics, playing Pokemon, or picking at my guitar.

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Mimi
MS Harvard University • BA Dartmouth College
6+ Years Tutoring

I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all subjects, I take a creative, inquiry-based and learner-centered approach, designing opportunities for each unique individual to meet their learning goals.

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Nina
MS Columbia University • BA Northwestern University
10+ Years Tutoring

I am a recent graduate from a masters program in biostatistics at Columbia University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences, with a focus in neurobiology at Northwestern University. In August, I will be starting a doctoral program in biostatistics at NYU. I was a teaching assistant at Columbia University in my department and also have tutored graduate students and undergraduates privately as well. My primary areas of tutoring are math and statistics coursework in addition to math sections on standardized tests such as the GRE and GMAT. I am very passionate about helping students feel more confident and excited about math. In my spare time, I enjoy running, playing piano, and spending time with friends and family.

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Reid
PhD Harvard University • BA Wesleyan University
1+ Years Tutoring

I am a graduate of Wesleyan University, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with High Honors. With eight years of experience working in education, I've tutored students in math, science, history, and English, as well as helped students prepare for standardized tests. I've guided adults towards passing the US Citizenship Exam and taught English in India, where I lived for six months. Whenever I work with a student I personalize the lessons to fit their particular learning style, since I know every student is unique and having the right fit can make all the difference in making learning fun and effective. My strengths are tutoring the social sciences and humanities, as well as making math and standardized tests approachable to students that normally don't like those subjects. In my spare time I like traveling, spending time in the outdoors (climbing & backpacking), meditation, and playing soccer. Next fall I will be beginning my PhD in Education at Harvard University.

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Charles
BA Yale University
1+ Years Tutoring

I am a junior Mechanical Engineering major at Yale, and I hope to become a Naval Aviator after college. I am also a varsity sailor, and enjoy playing music with friends when I can get some free time. I have been tutoring my fellow students throughout my entire academic career, and I would best describe my tutoring style as one that adapts to each students' needs. For example, I have always tried to frame questions in a different way so that the student can better understand the question. Some students need visual representations of numbers and systems to understand them, and others benefit more by understanding the concepts behind each formula. I prefer to tutor in math and physics, and especially with real world application problems. I hope to help students improve their standardized test scores and their understanding of the math and sciences so that they can achieve their academic goals!

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Michelle
MD Baylor College of Medicine • BA Rice University
1+ Years Tutoring

I am proud to be a part of Varsity Tutors! I am originally from San Antonio, TX; I completed my undergraduate education at Rice University in Houston where I received a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Currently, I am in my second year of medical school at Baylor College of Medicine.

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Liz
MS Simmons College • BA Washington University in St. Louis
1+ Years Tutoring

I am a graduate of Washington University in St Louis, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in Humanities and Anthropology. Since graduation, I have worked as a tutor, teacher, and director of tutors at a charter public middle school in Boston. During this time I also received my Masters in Mild to Moderate Disabilities from Simmons College. I have worked extensively with students with a range of abilities, including students with specific learning disabilities, emotional impairments, dyslexia, and ADHD. My teaching experience has given me a deep understanding of the knowledge and habits essential to academic success and has given me the opportunity to hone a variety of strategies that ensure students at each level can achieve their academic goals. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, my favorite ones are Reading, Elementary/Middle School Math, History, and Test Prep. In my experience, tutoring is the most rewarding when a student has that "aha!" moment and achieves a new level of understanding and confidence in his/her abilities. I am a firm believer in the transformative power of education, and I see my role to be that of a facilitator and coach who is there to help the student reach his/her goals through individualized support and rigorous practice. In my free time, I enjoy reading, running, practicing my Spanish, and discovering new music. I am also an avid traveler and just got back from a 3 month trip to South America. I look forward to the opportunity to work with you!

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Solange
BA Harvard University
8+ Years Tutoring

I'm Solange - a recent graduate from Harvard where I studied Sociology & Women's Studies. I've been tutoring for eight years now, and have worked with a wide range of ages and in a wide range of subjects. Some of my specialties are college prep/test taking II worked in the admissions office on campus); social sciences; and literature/writing.

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Christopher
BA Harvard College
1+ Years Tutoring

I am a rising sophomore at Harvard College and am about to declare as a Mechanical Engineering concentrator, working towards a Bachelor of Science degree. I've always enjoyed sharing my knowledge with my peers and those around me and have done so in both formal and informal settings. I've been a tutor for both Math and Spanish programs in high school and enjoyed the strides I made with students. I am willing to tutor any subject I have a background in, but am strong in mathematics, the sciences, Spanish, history, writing, and ACT prep. I enjoy teaching mathematics most due to the joy I can see in children once they master a topic and can answer even pointed questions meant to stump them, and maybe even put their knowledge to real world use. As a tutor, I like to give a strong foundation to orient my student, and then gradually grant them more freedom and independence until they can feel themselves grasp the concept, pointing out pitfalls or common errors along the way; teachers who used these methods on me always left the most lasting impressions. Outside of my studies, I really enjoy listening to music, both old favorites and new interests, reading classics, and gaming/playing basketball with my friends.

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Justin
BA Washington University in St. Louis • Doctor of Philosophy, Computational Mathematics University of Chicago
9+ Years Tutoring

I am an aspiring applied mathematician, with particular interest in image processing and climate science. I graduated in May 2017 from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor's in physics and mathematics, and am beginning a PhD program in September 2017 at the University of Chicago in Computational and Applied Mathematics. I've tutored introductory physics students for three years and enjoyed it thoroughly, as a chance to help other students while revisiting fundamental concepts to enhance my own knowledge. I'm eager to continue reaching out and helping students of math and physics to succeed and, furthermore, to appreciate the beauty and power of these subjects.

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Henry
BA Harvard College
9+ Years Tutoring

I'm eager to help you in your education. I'm a recent graduate of Harvard College looking to apply to law school. My senior thesis was written on John Dewey's ideas of education, which I deeply believe has incredible power to transform individuals and society.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Certified Wired for Reading tutors incorporate visual, auditory, and kinesthetic elements to strengthen neural pathways for reading and spelling. This might include tracing letter formations while saying sounds, using colored overlays to reduce visual stress, or engaging with manipulatives to build phonemic awareness. The multisensory approach is especially effective for students with dyslexia or other reading differences because it creates multiple memory anchors for decoding and encoding words.

Phonemic awareness—the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in words—is foundational in Certified Wired for Reading instruction. Tutors work on skills like blending sounds into words, segmenting words into sounds, and manipulating phonemes through activities that isolate this skill before connecting it to written letters. Strong phonemic awareness is critical because it directly predicts reading success and is often where students with reading differences need the most targeted support.

Structured literacy in Certified Wired for Reading is explicit, systematic, and sequential—tutors teach phonics rules, syllable patterns, and morphology in a deliberate order rather than assuming students will pick them up incidentally. Every lesson builds on previous concepts, and tutors directly explain the "why" behind spelling and decoding rules. This approach is essential for students with dyslexia or reading differences because it removes ambiguity and provides clear, repeatable strategies they can apply independently.

Orthographic mapping is the process of storing the complete spelling of a word in memory so it can be recognized instantly. Certified Wired for Reading tutors guide students through deliberate mapping by connecting sounds to letters, identifying syllable patterns, and understanding morphological relationships (like root words and affixes). For students with reading differences, explicit orthographic mapping prevents the guessing and decoding struggles that slow reading fluency and comprehension.

Certified Wired for Reading tutors first ensure decoding accuracy—students can sound out and understand individual words—before building fluency. Once decoding is solid, tutors use repeated readings, phrase-level practice, and prosody work to increase reading speed and expression without sacrificing comprehension. This sequenced approach prevents the common problem where students read quickly but don't understand what they've read, or read accurately but so slowly that comprehension breaks down.

Morphology—the study of word parts like roots, prefixes, and suffixes—helps students understand spelling patterns beyond simple phonics rules. A Certified Wired for Reading tutor might teach that "tion" always makes the "shun" sound, or that the prefix "un-" always means "not," giving students predictable rules to apply across hundreds of words. This approach is transformative for students with reading differences because it replaces rote memorization with logical, rule-based strategies they can generalize to new words.

When decoding is effortful and inaccurate, students' working memory is exhausted just sounding out words, leaving little cognitive capacity for understanding meaning. Certified Wired for Reading tutors establish automatic decoding first so that comprehension can become the focus. Once students can decode fluently and accurately, tutors introduce comprehension strategies like visualization, prediction, and summarization—skills that are much more effective when decoding isn't a barrier.

Certified Wired for Reading tutors use assessments like phonemic awareness screeners, nonsense word fluency measures, and oral reading fluency probes to pinpoint exactly where a student's reading breaks down and to measure growth over time. These data-driven assessments show whether a student is improving in decoding accuracy, automaticity, or fluency—providing concrete evidence of progress that guides instruction. This precision is especially important for students with reading differences, where small, incremental gains in foundational skills lead to significant reading improvements.

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