I am a dedicated, competent, patient educator who strives to work collaboratively with students and colleagues to ensure high ethical standards in teaching and assessing.

I am and what my interests are. Then I would try to understand the student, where he or she might be coming from, and where their learning problems lie.

I am an alumna of the City University of New York where I earned a BA in Environmental Earth Science from Hunter College and a PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences from The Graduate Center. My undergraduate research focused on geochemistry, geology, and soil chemistry. The bulk of my PhD work was centered on a numerical model of geologic processes within ancient 4 billion year old asteroids using Fortran90 in conjunction with MATLAB. I have 2 years of experience mentoring and tutoring college...More

I am fluent in French, after spending a year in Paris during college. Because of this, I am well suited to working with students who are having difficulty with French comprehension and oral skills, at all levels. Teaching the SAT is one of my passions, as it is a mystery to many students but one of the largest gateways to success. Helping students with their English reading and writing, for AP tests and college essays, is a challenging but rewarding task. With the right student-tutor relationshi...More

I'm enamored with all things French. It's my first love and my gateway to everything from literature to linguistics. I'm a believer that true passion for what you teach is essential to being a great tutor. It's sometimes easy for students to forget what learning means to them in an often stressful and frustrating world of standardized tests and and final exams, but a helpful tutor can really make the difference by presenting the material in a way that is simple and clear and by approaching it wi...More

I am a Spanish-speaking professor and a graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University (Ph.D.). I have majored in Spanish Language and Literature. This background has prepared me to combine an interest in motivating students with a desire to learn Spanish and helping them accomplish a high level of proficiency in Spanish American and Spanish culture, and oral and written communication in that foreign language.

I'm currently teaching English as another language to new Americans. I've been told I'm a good listener, and I believe people learn best in a participative, supportive environment. My experience has been that teaching, done well, is a two-way street: tutor and student learn from each other.

I'm currently working towards a J.D. at Columbia Law School. Before joining Varsity Tutors, I tutored the LSAT for a private company, both as a classroom teacher and in one-on-one tutorials. Building off that experience, I will be working for Varsity Tutors, helping people prepare for the LSAT as well as the SAT and the ACT. I have really enjoyed my experience assisting students in test preparation. In my experience, students first approach tests in an ad hoc fashion, and often with a fair bit o...More

I am a PhD candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology at Columbia University. I graduated Magna Cum Laude from McGill University with a double major in Sociology and World Religions, which I followed with an MA in Religious Studies. I then moved to Columbia where I completed another MA and an MPhil both in Anthropology. I have done extensive ethnographic and archival research in India with support from the Fulbright Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Rese...More

I'm an alumnus from the Universit de Paris III Sorbonne nouvelle in Paris, France but grew up and made my undergraduate studies in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I majored in French for my BA and completed a Ph.D. in Linguistics. I have tutored in both Spanish and French. Before relocating to New York, I worked for almost a decade at the University of Puerto Rico and gained significant experience at teaching both basic and advanced language courses.