About Me

I'm Yashas, and I am a graduate student at UCLA studying Bioinformatics. I completed my Bachelors and Masters degrees in Biology at Georgia Tech in May 2025. I've been a Varsity Tutors tutor since June 2022. I also taught large classes through high school, with experience teaching science and English. Through an organization called the North South Foundation, which provides scholarships to underprivileged children in India, I taught basic science subjects such as chemistry, earth science, physics, and more. I taught English classes to students in India who had little to no English exposure through another nonprofit organization called PURE, which works to ensure underprivileged children can attain their education. Throughout my teaching and tutoring experiences, I have always worked to be approachable and welcoming to my students, because I believe asking questions can often times be the most effective way of learning. Generating and asking questions can give students a different method of approaching problems that they face, and I try to make sure I can be there for students to have any questions they have answered. Outside of school, I enjoy playing basketball and soccer with friends and working out.

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