Having completed my BA in economics with highest honors at SUNY's University at Buffalo, I am now entering my second year of the economics PhD program at UB. Since I entered the program, I've had many opportunities to build my teaching/tutoring skills as a graduate teaching assistant. My expertise lies in applied microeconomics, my intended research field, but I have TA'd for both undergraduate and graduate level macroeconomics, microeconomics, and econometrics. Holding office hours and teaching recitations in the above topics have not only strengthened my personal understanding of the material, but also has prepared me for tutoring outside of the university.

Besides my professional interests in economics, I have been a musician for over a decade now; I've played alto saxophone, piano, guitar, and some violin and enjoyed every minute of playing! Practicing helps to reset and refresh my day in ways I have yet to discover elsewhere.