I recently graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) with a Bachelor of Arts in German. In my years of studying German, I've become adept in a number of learning strategies that I am excited to share with my students. These strategies include finding patterns in language, immersion, and using the etymology of words as a pneumonic for memorizing vocabulary.

While at UAA I also worked as a math tutor for 5 years, tutoring college students from ages 17-75, in subjects ranging from arithmetic to calculus. I've learned a great deal from my students; I find that it is easier to learn a subject when one is at ease. One way I try to create that environment is to get to know and understand my students' stories. I've tutored single parents, post-active duty military, people with learning disabilities and autism, students who have struggled with math all their lives, and students that are struggling with math for the first time. I have witnessed and heard stories of how early experiences in math, such as an elementary school teacher telling a student that they're "just bad at math" or "not smart enough" to do math can affect a person for years, and I am fully equipped to combat this. We will find different ways to look at a problem until we find the right method that matches their way of thinking.