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Andrea

Bachelors, East Asian Studies

10+ years of tutoring

Western Washington University

I am currently enjoying living in my home state of New Mexico, where I have spent my teaching years as a GED instructor and ESL teacher. Recently, I taught university English language learners through the Mexico-U.S. partnership program "Proyecta." Before that, I was halfway around the world teaching American culture and English as a foreign language at a private English school in Anshan, China. It is exciting and challenging for me to teach while immersed in a new cultures and meeting new people! I graduated Magna Cum Laude with my B.A. from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.I have intermediate working knowledge of Spanish and Mandarin Chinese and am always looking for ways to improve my language skills and knowledge of new things in general. My favorite things to tutor are math, writing, and chemistry, and English language. In my spare time I love dancing and cooking, sometimes both at the same time!

Q&A with Andrea

Effective teaching is about relationships. There is the crucial relationship between the teacher and the students, which if built on a foundation of openness and mutual respect, can grow to a meaningful learning experience. There also exists a relationship between students and the material that they are learning, which I strive to keep relevant to the goals and interests of my students.