About Me

I received a BS in Life Sciences and a BS in Spanish from Penn State. As a college senior, I taught weekly didactic recitations and labs in General & Developmental Biology, Biodiversity and Physiology, all of which included scientific writing. For 2 years post-college, I worked as a clinical research assistant at Harvard Medical School before moving to New York to complete my MPH in Epidemiology & Global Health from Columbia. As a graduate student, I was a one-on-one and group tutor for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the quantitative disciplines of health science. Lastly, I received a PhD in Epidemiology in 2022 as an MD/PhD student. Many of my former students have kept in touch, and since my first teaching experiences, I have always received positive evaluations regarding my personalized commitment to each student, my understanding of science material, and my classroom humor (learning is fun!). This feedback is something that I am proud of and will continue to strive for throughout my career as an educator. Prior to medical school, I spent 7 years working as an epidemiologist with the CDC, global NGOs and Columbia University with a particular expertise in infectious disease and maternal-child health in sub-Saharan Africa. My career demands very strong quantitative skills and competencies in scientific reasoning, and there is nothing I enjoy more than sharing that knowledge with the students whom I tutor and mentor. I have taught multiple graduate-level public health courses at Columbia and Brown, and in my spare time, I like to read, cook and eat various cuisines, travel and maintain a fitness routine. I scored in the 95% overall on the new MCAT (93rd-99th percentile in all 3 science sections), and in the 93rd percentile on my USMLE Step 1 board licensing exam (considered the more "science-y", preclinical exam and most difficult for most test takers. My strong academic background, years of teaching/tutoring/training experience, achievements in scientific research, passion for working with students, and high scores on the GRE and MCAT qualify me to tutor on a wide range of science subjects as well as test taking strategy and study planning, which I believe are the hallmarks of successful test preparation. Throughout many years of science education, I have honed my study skills in ways that have drastically reduced study time while improving my core competencies and test accuracy. More so, I have written several competitive admissions essays and thoroughly enjoyed helping applicants refine their college or graduate school personal statements. My ultimate goal is to pay all of this practical advice forward to the next generation of aspiring scientists, physicians and educators for decades to come!

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