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Cherub

Cherub

Bachelors, Biological Science
SUNY at Binghamton, University at Buffalo

About Me

As a tutor, I am a well of diversity; academically, as an experienced educator from two distinct educational systems first with the British system back in Ghana and presently American system, I come with innovative and fresh approach to learning which will be of a great value to share with my tutees. Besides, I come from humble beginnings, which helped mold me into a steadfast, goal oriented and highly adaptive without losing my identity. These qualities fostered a driving force that saw me through GED, college, Post baccalaureate and currently medical school. My life purpose is that of labor of love, to give back to communities that are in dire need for affordable healthcare and health education. It was this passion that made me become an ambassador for Mentoring in Medicines Community health program where I was able to partner up with equally passionate health care providers to educate impoverished communities about safer healthier lifestyle. I strongly believe when it comes to health; Preventive measures are always a better alternative health care we can offer ourselves. As an AmeriCorps National Service alumni, I had the unique opportunity to provide health education on a broader scale to varying communities. I was able to combine my love for teaching and medicine to engineer emergency relief campaigns to provide immediate aid to victims of hurricanes. I also had the single honor to work with Project Reach Youths high school students who were mostly from battered homes. Once again, my past experience with abuse and openness to share made me a trusting companion for my students to open up to and so I was able to break barriers and was able to help them academically as well as emotionally. Nothing happens by accident as far as I am concerned. I am woman with a life purpose driven by love, compassion, optimism, patience and determination. I learnt from my experiences that it takes more than smarts and desire to venture into any academic path. I have endured countless rejections, setbacks, disappointments but I have also met great pioneers and motivators who have urged me to push forward. I am also honored to report that I am trendsetter in my family; The first to earn a Bachelors degree and also the very first of my entire family to receive any graduate level education let alone a medical profession. Now, we have two college graduates in my immediate family; my younger brother and me. In summary, my vision in life is very simple; to inspire hope in hopeless situations and I ultimately want to be that positive change I want to see in this world. Hopefully, do it with some class, humor and dignity.

Education & Certifications

SUNY at Binghamton
Bachelors, Biological Science
University at Buffalo
Current Grad Student, Medicine

Q&A with Cherub

Every tutoring session is an opportunity to engage in some awesome intellectual conversation outside the classroom. It provides an atmosphere to be creative and have fun with our study materials while developing some mental retentive and comprehensive muscles. I love learning, and I hope that we can learn together and enhance learning skills to be autonomous and active productive students. How do you help students who are struggling with reading comprehension? Reading comprehension can be very taxing, especially when the subject matter is so uninteresting, boring or abstract. In such cases, we have to employ our creative and imaginative skills to help us to stay focused. My goal is to help students to find ways to stay engaged and attentive to the task at hand. It definitely helps overcome the boredom, and with fine focusing, we have better retention and understanding of the challenge at hand.

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