Award-Winning Middle School Tutors
serving Buffalo, NY

I am a 3rd year undergrad at the University at Buffalo, working toward my Mathematics BS with a computer science concentration. I find math exceptionally fascinating; I not only aim to teach an understanding of math but also an appreciation. I have taken courses in Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Calculus (I, II, and III), Geometry, Physics, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Probability, Statistics, and Mathematical Logic. Through my education, I have amassed an understanding of mathematics from multiple angles, and as such I provide a unique lens through which I want to help my students view the subject. Additionally, these courses are fresh in my mind, and so I can recall what did or did not make sense to me and what helped me understand a certain topic - insight I can pass along to my students. Again, I want to instill not only an understanding, but an appreciation for math in my students, as this appreciation will invoke a desire to further their knowledge. In my spare time I play guitar, drums for my band, ski, and watch hockey when I can.

I am an astute, highly motivated, and goal-oriented individual with successful experiences in both academia and athletics. I am also an effective communicator, who is very much excited to pass down my knowledge to students.

I am working toward my B.A. in philosophy and my B.S. in biology. In high school, I was valedictorian of my class and excelled in every subject. I scored well on both the SAT and ACT, which helped me to earn a full scholarship.

I am an experienced teacher and tutor who graduated from American University with a BA in International Environmental Peacemaking and Print Journalism as well as a minor in Arabic Language. I first became interested in tutoring when I was a student through a literacy advocates program where I tutored in Washington DC. Post-graduation I spent time learning organic farming techniques on a farm in Hawaii where I led student tours and taught about sustainability. After that I moved to China where I taught English to a wide range of children and adult learners. I taught large groups of students in a classroom setting as well as one-on-one classes to individuals. After returning to the US, I continued tutoring some of the students I had worked with in China online. Before the pandemic, I ran an afterschool program in one of Buffalo's public schools for grades K-8. I created all the core curriculum, helped with homework and organized events for the students. I think a thirst for knowledge is one of the most valuable gifts you can give someone. I look forward to working with you or your child and helping him or her learn to love learning!

I am inspired by those I teach and endeavor to help my students channel their creativity and realize their potential while making content relevant outside of the confines of the classroom.

I was born in a small town, went to college in the big city, and now live in a medium-sized Rust Belt city. I enjoy learning and teaching, playing music, and casual bike riding, among other things. I hold a bachelor's degree in Politics with a minor in History from New York University. While I enjoy discussing a variety of subjects, tutoring math, history, and political science are perhaps most appealing to me. I find that the act of explaining something to someone else helps me to understand it on an even deeper level, and I find that almost as gratifying as helping someone discover something new. The best thing about tutoring is helping someone to discover, or rediscover, the joy of discovery in themselves.

Neurobiology at Penn trains you to think across disciplines — connecting biology, psychology, chemistry, and dense academic reading in a single semester — which is surprisingly close to what a sixth or seventh grader faces when toggling between a math worksheet, a science project, and an English essay in one night. Natalie's Spanish minor and healthcare coursework add genuine range on the humanities side, and her one-on-one tutoring experience in West Philadelphia means she's already familiar with adapting mid-session when a student needs to pivot from pre-algebra to paragraph structure.

Psychology majors learn to read people — and Heather uses that skill to pick up on when a middle schooler is nodding along but actually lost, especially during multi-step math problems or writing assignments where the instructions alone can feel overwhelming. Her own 1550 SAT speaks to genuine academic range across subjects, and her experience tutoring kids who get easily frustrated means she's built real strategies for keeping a session productive when patience runs thin. Rated 5.0 by families.

A philosophy degree trains you to read carefully, argue precisely, and write clearly — which turns out to be exactly what middle schoolers need as assignments shift from simple recall to actual analysis across subjects. Dakota pairs that background with a Master's degree and a 33 ACT, covering math through pre-algebra, science, writing, and grammar, and her philosophy training makes her especially sharp at teaching students how to structure an argument or break a multi-step problem into logical pieces.

A pharmacy and epidemiology background means Mona thinks in systems — how one concept connects to the next, how a gap in one area ripples into another — which is exactly the kind of thinking middle schoolers need as they start juggling math, science, reading, and writing all at once. She also teaches Arabic, which gives her a second-language learner's sensitivity to how kids process new vocabulary and unfamiliar structures across subjects. Rated 5.0 by families.

Middle schoolers juggle a widening range of subjects for the first time, and Rachael's own breadth — neuroscience, chemistry, psychology, Spanish, writing — means she can support that full academic picture. She's particularly effective at teaching students how to break multi-step problems apart, whether they show up in pre-algebra, a biology unit, or an essay assignment. Rated 5.0 by students.

Eight years of tutoring students from fourth grade through high school means Emily has watched the same patterns repeat: a shaky grasp of fractions in fifth grade quietly snowballs into pre-algebra panic by seventh, or a student who could summarize a story perfectly now freezes when asked to build an argument in writing. Her Columbia public health and social work training sharpens her read on what's actually going on when a middle schooler shuts down — whether it's a content gap, an organizational mess, or just the overwhelm of juggling six classes for the first time. Rated 4.9 by families.

Devon's African Studies master's work requires synthesizing history, literature, social science, and analytical writing — essentially the same mix of disciplines a middle schooler faces daily, just at a higher altitude. That cross-disciplinary fluency means he can move from unpacking a math concept to strengthening a paragraph's argument without treating them as separate skills, because at this level, they're really not.

Middle schoolers often need a tutor who can shift gears quickly — from a grammar worksheet to a history project to math homework — without losing momentum. Margaret's broad liberal arts background and her experience adapting lessons for different learning styles, including students with ADHD and dyslexia, make her especially effective at keeping younger students organized and engaged across subjects.

Candice's University of Chicago English degree and New School MFA mean she's strongest on the language arts side of middle school — reading comprehension, essay structure, grammar — but her Fulbright teaching stint in Taiwan and years as a classroom aide and teaching artist gave her practice adapting on the fly across subjects and learning styles. She's particularly good at helping a student who can think through an idea out loud but freezes when it's time to put it on paper, breaking that translation gap into concrete, repeatable steps.

Three degrees in the arts and economics might seem like an unusual combination, but it means Orlando can move fluidly between helping a sixth grader draft an essay and walking them through pre-algebra or basic data interpretation in the same sitting — no subject-switching whiplash. His economics training in particular gives him a knack for making word problems and percentages feel like real decisions rather than abstract exercises, which tends to land well with middle schoolers who want to know why any of this matters.

A history major at Dartmouth who also tutors Latin, English, math, and science, Vivian can sit down with a middle schooler and work through a full evening's worth of assignments without needing to hand off any subject to someone else. Her humanities training shows up most in how she handles the reading and writing side — teaching students to build an argument or pull evidence from a text — but her comfort with math and test prep means she's equally useful when the conversation shifts to pre-algebra or study strategies for an upcoming exam.

Ella's Penn math degree means she can untangle a pre-algebra problem in one breath and pivot to editing a five-paragraph essay in the next — the kind of subject-hopping that defines a typical middle school homework night. She also tutors AP English Language, so the reading and writing support she offers isn't watered-down; she's teaching the same analytical thinking at a level that meets whatever a sixth or seventh grader is ready for.

Between AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and anatomy & physiology, Tara's medical-track coursework means she's constantly synthesizing information across disciplines — and she brings that same cross-subject fluency to middle school sessions covering math, science, reading, and writing. She's especially good at teaching students how to actually study: how to break a chapter into pieces, how to self-test, and how to plan ahead when three assignments land on the same night. Rated 5.0 by families.

Cornell's Information Science program forces Ammaar to constantly switch between coding, data analysis, and heavy reading — a compressed version of the same subject-juggling middle schoolers face nightly. His statistics training gives him a structured, step-by-step way of breaking down pre-algebra and science problems, while his writing and reading background means he can pivot to an English assignment without missing a beat. Rated 4.6 by families.

Between his BS/MD program and years tutoring students in grades 7–12, Tarif has an unusually clear picture of which middle school math and science gaps snowball into high school problems — and he catches them early by asking targeted questions rather than lecturing through a session. His biomedical training means he can connect a sixth grader's life science unit to real anatomy and a seventh grader's pre-algebra to the quantitative reasoning he uses daily in medical school. Rated 5.0 by families.

Shin's engineering coursework at Columbia — heavy on math, chemistry, and physics — maps directly onto the core subjects middle schoolers are tackling, from pre-algebra and fractions to introductory physical science. His 34 ACT composite and 5.0 tutoring rating speak to genuine cross-subject fluency, and his environmental engineering focus gives him real-world examples that make abstract concepts click for a seventh grader wondering why any of this matters.

A history degree with a math minor from George Washington University gives Meghan an unusual combination — she's just as comfortable unpacking a reading passage or editing a five-paragraph essay as she is walking through pre-algebra problem sets, which is exactly the range middle school demands in a single homework session. Her year as an AmeriCorps tutor in DC, where she ran an after-school program focused on literacy and academics, taught her how to read a middle schooler's frustration before it turns into shutdown mode. Rated 4.9 by families.

Middle schoolers juggle a sudden jump in academic expectations across multiple subjects, and Kellyann covers that full range — math through pre-algebra, science fundamentals, English composition, and social studies. Her background as a Physician Assistant means she's especially strong on the science side, but nine years of tutoring this age group keeps her sharp across the board.

Volunteering at the Queens Public Library with elementary and middle school kids taught Avani something textbooks don't — how to read a student's face and pivot when an explanation isn't landing, whether it's a fraction problem or a paragraph outline. Her biology coursework at Siena College keeps her sharp on the science and math side, while years of editing essays and running peer tutoring sessions mean she's just as comfortable untangling a run-on sentence as she is walking through a pre-algebra equation.

A finance degree means Mo spent college learning to synthesize information across quantitative and qualitative domains — reading dense case studies, crunching numbers, and writing persuasive arguments — which maps neatly onto the nightly middle school gauntlet of math homework, a science worksheet, and an English essay all due tomorrow. His 35 ACT and 4.9 rating from families speak to genuine range across subjects, and his economics and writing chops let him handle both the analytical and language-arts sides of a session without skipping a beat.

Between her Spanish degree and her Master's in Urban Education and Leadership, Kierra brings both content range and classroom instinct to the middle school level — she covers math, science, English, social studies, and Spanish, which means one session can handle most of a student's nightly homework without switching tutors. Her education training is specifically geared toward understanding how urban middle schoolers navigate academic transitions, so she's quick to spot when a kid needs a different approach to organizing assignments or breaking down a reading passage. Rated 5.0 by families.

Growing up trilingual in English, Spanish, and Galician gave Andrea an early education in code-switching — toggling between different systems of rules and logic — which is essentially what middle school asks kids to do every day across math, writing, history, and language arts. Her Princeton international affairs coursework means she's comfortable pulling threads between disciplines, so a single session might connect a social studies reading to a writing assignment without treating them as separate silos. Rated 5.0 by families.

The jump from elementary to middle school math and science catches a lot of students off guard — suddenly they're solving multi-step equations and labeling cell organelles. Jared bridges that gap by connecting new concepts to what students already know, turning abstract ideas like negative numbers or the difference between mitosis and meiosis into something concrete and logical.

Engineering students learn to solve problems methodically — break the big thing into smaller pieces, check each piece, then put it back together — and Shreya applies that same logic when a middle schooler is drowning in a pile of math, science, and writing homework all due tomorrow. She covers the quantitative and humanities sides equally well, with a particular knack for connecting pre-algebra concepts to the physics and history topics her students are seeing in other classes. Rated 4.7 by families.

Philosophy and English might sound like a narrow lane, but Naomi's double major actually maps neatly onto what middle school demands — building written arguments, reading critically, and thinking through problems step by step, whether that's in a book report or a pre-algebra word problem. She also covers math and science across these grade levels, and her 1520 SAT speaks to genuine cross-subject range. Rated 4.8 by families.

AmeriCorps placed Jayla in an under-resourced school where she had to cover multiple subjects in a single day and adapt quickly to what each student needed — exactly the kind of cross-subject flexibility middle school tutoring demands. Her Columbia master's anchors the humanities and writing side, while her longtime love of math means she's just as comfortable walking through pre-algebra as she is breaking down a reading passage or helping a student outline an essay. Rated 5.0 by families.

The jump from elementary to middle school trips up a lot of students, especially when math suddenly involves variables and science expects formal lab reasoning. Jennifer bridges that gap by connecting new concepts back to what a student already understands — turning fractions into algebra readiness, or turning curiosity about weather into structured scientific thinking. Her 4.9 rating speaks to how well that approach lands with this age group.

Middle schoolers are juggling new expectations from every direction — longer writing assignments, heavier reading loads, and the sudden need to organize their own time. Farhin brings structure to the chaos, teaching everything from paragraph development and grammar fundamentals to note-taking strategies that actually stick across subjects.

I'm a 2018 graduate with a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in ecology and communications. In addition to tutoring, I am a writer and an education volunteer at the New York Aquarium. My previous teaching experience includes being a volunteer educator at Greyston Community Gardens and at Quixote Quest. I've also worked as an ecology research assistant and in science writing. I was web editor of the Sarah Lawrence Phoenix for over a year and a half, and then a copy editor for the Sarah Lawrence review for a semester before leaving to study writing abroad in Dublin, Ireland and write as an official blogger for my study abroad program. I plan to eventually attend grad school for ecology.

Teaching both English and Remedial Reading across elementary, middle, and high school levels gave Arielle a clear map of where literacy gaps start snowballing — the sixth grader who can decode words fine but freezes when asked to infer meaning from a passage, or the eighth grader whose essays fall apart because nobody taught paragraph structure explicitly. Her English degree and deep work in curriculum development for reading and writing mean she can diagnose what's actually missing and rebuild those skills rather than just re-explaining tonight's homework. Rated 4.8 by families.

Middle schoolers juggling math, English, history, and writing assignments get a tutor who can move fluidly between all of them in a single session. Layan's experience in New York public schools means she understands the specific academic expectations at this level — from five-paragraph essays to pre-algebra problem sets — and she keeps sessions structured enough to be productive but relaxed enough that students actually engage.

Between management coursework at Binghamton and a 1550 SAT, Esther has the cross-disciplinary range that middle school actually demands — she covers math through pre-algebra, science, reading, writing, history, and social studies, so a single session can move fluidly from a grammar worksheet to a pre-algebra problem set without skipping a beat. She's especially strong on the test-prep and study-strategy side, bringing the same structured approach that earned her near-perfect SAT scores to help younger students figure out how to actually prepare for exams rather than just re-read their notes. Rated 5.0 by families.

A 5.0-rated tutor who covers math, science, English, and writing at the middle school level, Jennifer brings particular strength to the reading and writing side — her Master's in Journalism and undergraduate rhetoric training mean she can teach a sixth grader how to structure a real argument, not just fill in a graphic organizer. She's also comfortable pivoting to math or science in the same session when a student needs to prep for multiple tests at once.

Theater training at the BFA level builds a surprisingly transferable skill set — close reading of texts, persuasive writing, rapid memorization techniques, and the ability to hold a room's attention — all of which Mariah channels into sessions covering English, reading, writing, and math at the middle school level. She's especially effective at turning a reluctant writer into a more confident one, drawing on her creative and expository writing background to make the brainstorming-to-draft process feel less like a chore and more like building something.