
Kenneth
Certified Tutor
...daughters and my late wife, I consider my best teachers (the greatest influences in my life) to have come from Bunny Land A-Cat-A-Me, Johnston Middle School, Bellaire High, Duke University, Stanford Law School and the Vancouver Film School. They pushed, inspired and taught me in richly different ways. They lead me to find joy in...
Education & Certification
Bachelor in Arts, Political Science and Government
Juris Doctor, Law
Masters, Film Foundation

Andria
Certified Tutor
...graduate of Duke University, with a Master of Science degree in Global Health. I spent the six previous years working for Novartis as a Head of Communications in the Vaccines and Diagnostics division. I joined Novartis after completing my undergraduate degree with honors in English language and literature from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California....
Education & Certification
Bachelor in Arts, English Literature & Language
Master of Science, Global Health

Kerri
Certified Tutor
...and I'm a recent Master's graduate who just recently moved back home to the Atlanta area. I have a broad scientific background in biology, math, chemistry, psychology, neuroscience, and anatomy but have specialized my career in the direction of marine biology and animal behavior in particular. I'm great with kids and have a passion for...
Education & Certification
Bachelor of Science, Evolutionary Anthropology, Marine Biology
Marine Mammal Science

Vyshak
Certified Tutor
...experience in Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology for high school. I taught these subjects at Frank W. Ballou Senior High School in Southeast, Washington, DC from 2010-2012. I will be applying to medical school and am looking to use my teaching experience to tutor high school and college students in the area. I graduated from...
Education & Certification
Bachelor of Science, Biomedical, Electrical Engineering
Master of Arts Teaching, Secondary Science
State Certified Teacher

Monisola
Certified Tutor
...school mathematics for the past 7 years and have loved every minute of it. Throughout those seven years I earned my second Masters in Math Education and began pursuing my PhD in the field. I have had the pleasure of being nominated as a honor teacher five times by the top ten students during various...
Education & Certification
Bachelor in Arts, Economics
Master of Arts, Math Education
State Certified Teacher

Ryan
Certified Tutor
...from Duke University who moved to Boston. I have over 5 years of experience tutoring students and adults of all ages in a variety of subjects, particularly in the Spanish, Math and Science. I started out tutoring Algebra to middle school students and was a peer tutor at my university as well as a volunteer...
Education & Certification
Bachelor of Science, Psychology

Samantha
Certified Tutor
...I am passionate about volunteer work and I can be found on Habitat for Humanity construction sites in some of my spare time. I also usually have at least two or three arts and crafts projects in progress to unleash my creative energy. Music, books, animals, travel, and teaching are the essentials giving me life!
Education & Certification
Bachelor in Arts, International Comparative Studies, French, Arabic

Jean
Certified Tutor
...with students of all ages, I developed a personalized approach for each individual. Students benefit the most when they hone skills both for the assignment at hand, and for long term success in efficient studying and improved reasoning. I have two years of experience as a full time professional in education, as a middle school...
Education & Certification
Bachelor in Arts, History
Juris Doctor, Law

Margaret
Certified Tutor
...Talent Identification Program. I taught a class that was a mix of Introductory Psychology and Abnormal Psychology (essentially a 200-level college class) to gifted rising eighth and ninth graders who had scored highly enough on their Scholastic Achievement Tests to qualify for Duke's program. There I worked with them not just on learning the material...
Education & Certification
Bachelor in Arts, Psychology

James
Certified Tutor
...of Science in Biology from Duke University with a concentration in animal behavior. I enjoy Biology because it sheds light on who we are and where we are from, plus it is a great excuse to be outside. I have experience teaching people who struggle with English from teaching in Taiwan as well as tutoring...
Education & Certification
Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
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