Award-Winning Tutors serving Tucson, AZ

I am a dedicated educator who believes every learner is unique and able in specific ways. I strive to engage learners so that the experience is engaging and positive.

I am a dedicated and passionate tutor with extensive experience in teaching Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Engineering subjects. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, I specialize in Explainable AI (XAI), multimodal emotion recognition, and deep learning. I am committed to creating a supportive and engaging learning environment, helping students build confidence and succeed academically. My teaching approach is personalized and empathetic, ensuring each session is productive, informative, and enjoyable.

I am an Environmental Scientist and I received my degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson. I am very passionate about hydrology, limnology, and soil science. I have experience teaching in chemistry, biology, geology, algebra, and calculus. I plan on pursuing my graduate degree in environmental microbiology, or possibly environmental law.

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...a math problem is as satisfying as piecing together a puzzle. There are a million and one ways to solve it, but there is only one right answer. Solving a problem not only requires logic and patience, but creativity and curiosity. Students know all-too-well how easily their creativity and curiosity are crushed when dealing with a difficult math problem. When I see students getting frustrated with the rigidity of math, I try to help them...

...was not always the easiest thing for me. Despite this, I decided to become a tutor because the last thing I ever wanted was for someone else to feel as if they were inadequate or to have someone encounter an instance of rushed tutoring. I have now been tutoring for a little over 4 years and have gained much experience along the way. Throughout these years, I learned to adjust to the students needs along...

...school to college students in Spanish, and a native fluency developed through both academic and real-world settings, I focus on creating a fun, personalized learning environment that builds confidence and fluency. I especially enjoy helping students overcome their hesitation to speak and watching their communication skills grow. I bring patience, cultural insight, and creative strategies from my diverse background in music, technology, and international work to every session. Outside of tutoring, I enjoy music production,...

...for a national high school textbook in Mexico called Writing Workshop II, where I developed educational materials. My primary philosophy is to combine the students' goals with their passions. You can expect from me tailored lessons for people who are trying to improve or practice their Spanish, or more specific tutoring on the mesmerizing connections and intricacies between culture, politics, and the arts, especially those during the avant-garde movements in Europe and the artistic styles...

...in teaching from the UofA. I have worked in laboratories, as an editor, and as a high school science teacher. I tutor Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Math. Chemistry is my preferred subject (stoichiometry is fun!). My main goal in teaching and tutoring is to simplify concepts that initially seem difficult and to reduce frustration in math and science by building students' confidence in their problem-solving abilities. Math and science become much easier with individualized attention...

...students and taught college-level history classes on everything from the Antebellum US to Modern Ireland. I tutor US, world, and European history, as well as study skills and essay writing. I believe that history should be taught as a narrative with a plot and characters rather than as a collection of names and dates to memorize. The main thing that sets me apart from other tutors is that I constantly use examples from contemporary popular...

...teaching mathematics at the high school level, I have found students have an underlying fear that "math skills" are an inherited ability. My personal goal is to show every student that anyone can become skillful in mathematics if they put in the practice and gain the confidence in the subject. I am most passionate about mathematics because it explains so many of the intricate beauties we encounter on a daily basis and I try every...

...really passionate about math and tutored at an on campus facility for 3 years! I have been professionally trained and certified as a tutor. During my time as a tutor on campus, I helped students in subjects ranging from incoming freshman pre-algebra to help students prepare for college math to students in Calc 2. Since starting with Varsity in 2018, I have tutored students in high school from introductory algebra to pre-calculus and SAT prep....

...of all ages forge the keys to success. As a tutor I am focused on providing individualized solutions to the challenges students face in their intellectual growth. I look for the student's unique perspective and gifts as a means to empower them into techniques for deeper and more effective learning. Outside of tutoring, I am a professional jazz musician and have a decade of experience teaching music. I specialize in woodwind instruments. I look forward...

...sum total of 3 years. I graduated from Howard University in 2009. My dissertation was titled "The Canonical Proper-time Theory Applied to Particles and Fields." After graduate school became a postdoctoral researcher at the National Solar Observatory in Tucson AZ. There I studied Local Helioseismology. After I left the National Solar Observatory in 2011, I began teaching. I have taught at various community colleges, a university and two high schools. These include Pima Community College,...

...all speaking!! Once you can speak, learning and using English becomes dynamic. You learn more and your confidence soars. Success makes for more success. I tutor adults -- professionals in business and industry, but also educators and medical doctors. If you are trying to pass the TOEFL, I tutor that as well. So, if speaking is what you need, I can get you there. Using a couple of resources I've developed based on my experience...

...responded with nothing but an empty stare. I dreaded 3rd hour of the school day, everyday, only because I did not understand chemistry. I told myself if I could help it, I would never allow someone to feel the anger and defeat I felt in that chemistry class. Fast-forwarding to college, I fully understand what positive and negatively charged ions are. I also have a pretty good understanding of math. I discovered that I am...

...skills, through teaching/demonstrating/facilitating. The following skills, abilities, and values are why I am a versatile and effective academic support agent: >I can easily connect ideas and patterns across many disciplines >the way I have learned to contextualize new content to be more personally relevant (more effective memory consolidation) can be used as a frame of reference in assisting other's make personally relevant connections >ability to access creative and abstract methods of problem solving >most importantly...

I have been teaching the General Education Courses at Pima Medical Institute for the past 13 years. This includes teaching Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body. I am a retired Family Practice physician as well with a wealth of clinical scenarios that I use to add breadth to the teaching of the organ systems.

...on bicycle, for the year since then. I'm interested in sharing introductory coding and math skills with people in communities that wouldn't necessarily get them in the education system, especially as tools to further activist work. To this end I want to get some practice one-on-one teaching these subjects! I'm also interested in tutoring test prep and essay writing to people in high school, after having taught test prep through the Lets Get Ready program...

...level, as well as Spanish up to the college level, since 2018. I am confident in essay writing and instruction. I have passed AP Language Composition as well as AP literature. I mainly studied European history, and I minored in anthropology . I am also knowledgeable in United States, as well as Mexican history prior to the 20th century. When studying anthropology I focused on archaeology, and have some field experience from that time. If...