Award-Winning Writing Tutors serving Portland, OR

...of experience helping individuals reach their specific goals. I believe that each mind and way of learning is completely unique, and I am dedicated to providing each person with the tools and techniques that work for them. My tutoring experience includes: college-level - English, essay writing and editing and senior theses (employed by the college). Elementary: math and reading remediation and intervention (including Common Core), as well as advanced placement tutoring. I have a long...

...my Chinese with others! I love to teach math and science and have served as a math tutor during high school and engineering tutor for two college courses. Some of the most fundamental mathematics to understand are algebra and calculus, so I always seek to tutor these subjects as well as any others in which I am proficient. I enjoy playing musical instruments, including guitar, bass, drums, and clarinet. I also like to powerlift and...

...fields (chemistry, biology, physics). I can also help with college test prep and essay writing, as well as general college advising. As a Classics major, I'm big into the Socratic method: leading students to the answer of a problem by asking questions at each step. More often than not, they knew the answer all along! When I'm not tutoring, I'm conducting research on bacteria in my lab, playing clarinet and writing about science.

...there after college to get my master's degree from the Sorbonne in early modern French history. While I was there, I tutored students of all ages in English and I taught English conversation to French high school students. Then I joined Teach for America and moved back to the states, where I've taught ancient history to 5th graders for the last two years. I'm fluent in French and scored a C2 (highest level) on the...

My college background in both math and architecture makes me suited to helping you develop strategies of visualization for problems that seem at first, abstruse, and to help you find ways your strengths in diverse branches of the liberal arts can be connected and brought to bear on what challenges you.

I am a freshman History major at Yale University with a real passion for teaching and tutoring. I've previously been a teaching fellow for the Pathfinder Program at Hopkins School, and I am so excited to get started here at Varsity Tutors! I was the captain of my varsity basketball team and I also act here at Yale University.

...swim lesson instructor for the City of Corvallis. While working as a graduate teaching assistant, I taught in front of classes and helped students with homework for statistics and sociology courses. In graduate school, I was known as the teacher. I went out of my way to attend teaching seminars and jumped at opportunities to lecture in front of classes. When applying for the graduate teaching award, numerous students wrote me letters of recommendation stating...

...student at Yale Divinity School. I did my undergraduate schooling at Brown University where I received a B.A. in Health and Human Biology. I have spent a lot of time tutoring and mentoring students ranging from elementary-age (~9 & 10 years old) to adults in their late 50s. I have been very privileged to attend the aforementioned institutions, and it brings me joy when I can "pay it forward" by helping others attain their educational...

...tutor a variety of subjects, including Math (ranging from Pre-Algebra to AP Calculus BC), Psychology, Neuroscience, R and Python Programming, and test prep, including the SAT, ACT, and GRE. I am the most passionate about tutoring Math subjects as it forms the foundations for understanding the sciences. I firmly believe in education being accessible to all and I want to instill critical thinking and learning for the sake of learning in my students. In my...

...after class. By high school, I was working with ADHD and dyslexic middle schoolers with their coursework to help them overcome the hurdles that come with their disabilities. In college, I worked as a private tutor in history and political science, as well as helping local high school students with their SAT, SAT II, AP test prep. I received 5's on my AP tests myself and truly understand how taxing preparing for these exams can...

I am a freshman at Yale University. I am majoring in computer science, and my other interests include economics and history. I have experience tutoring in an Algebra 1 classroom. I edited essays and tutored students in general subject in my high school's Literacy Resource Center. I also have privately tutored calculus. In college, I am a teaching assistant for a program that teaches middle and high school girls to code.

...at a Community College, working in the Center for Academic Progress, teaching remedial English and preparing tutoring materials. I am a sensitive, patient, and enthusiastic teacher. I love teaching, but I prefer one-on-one interactions, they are the best for learning and teaching. I am respectful of all people, and happy to work with all ages. I genuinely care whether someone understands material, I believe in a student-centered approach, and I prefer discussion and positive reinforcement...

...writing, humanities, and natural science that's given me a wide breadth of skills to share with students. I've also been accepted to the law schools at NYU, Columbia, and the University of Michigan, among others. I am very, very familiar with the process (and pain) of school applications, and always happy to advise on essays and application approaches. I'm trained in both SAT and LSAT prep, with three years' experience working one-on-one with students in...

...each of these settings, I made sure to get to know my students really well so that I could find ways to make our sessions fun and engaging. Building that relationships with my students is important because it allows students to feel more comfortable about communicating what they are struggling with or any concerns about our session. Among the things that my students and their parents enjoy about working with me is my approachability, sense...

A lover of learning dedicated to helping students believe in their own intelligence and cultivate their curiosity.

...My dissertation focused on the history and legacy of Christian monasticism. I taught for four years at Yale Divinity School and currently serve as a high school substitute teacher. My areas of teaching specialty include the humanities, religion, history, English, Latin, and Greek. Right now, I am seeking employment as a history teacher at the secondary level and am passionate about teaching and tutoring students. I particularly enjoy helping students with all elements of writing...

...recently graduated with a Master's of Environmental Science from Yale University and am currently a Ph.D student at University of California, Berkeley. I completed my undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University in 2019. I have a great deal of experience with writing and am passionate about supporting students to improve their essays. I also love to tutor in AP physics and AP environmental science. Please reach out to me with inquiries about how I can...

...I took, whatever the subject, i set forth to learn as much as i could. I felt that every subject was interconnected, and i always found a way to find some connection back to Sociology and our understanding of the social world around us. Ever since finishing my masters, i have attained a deeper desire to share my passion with others, and to help them succeed in their studies. I have tutored for standardized exams...

My objective is to assist students into becoming successful participants in society by giving them the educational confidence needed. I started tutoring, mentoring and teaching dance at the age of fourteen. I have worked in corporate America, and the non profit sector but my passion has always remained with children. I have a daughter and I give my students as much as I would give my own child.... I believe any student can learn anything if...

...of Boston University where I majored in Biology and minored in Cultural Anthropology. Throughout college, I volunteered as a tutor for a variety of subjects such science, photography, and ESL. After graduated I worked for City Year Los Angeles where I taught and tutored 9th-11th grade students in Math (Algebra), Science (Biology, Chemistry, Foundations), English (English 9, English 10, and College Application writing). I am now in Medical school but I still love to work...