136 Downey Latin Tutors

...Now, I am a graduate student in the Classics Department at UCLA, where I earned my M.A. in Spring 2012, and where I am now working towards my Ph.D. I have extensive teaching and tutoring experience in Latin-- I have taught UCLA's first-year Latin course, as well as their summer intensive beginning Latin course. I've also worked as a private tutor,... read more

...In the name of good fun, I have won two trail marathons, while setting course records in each: Buzz Marathon (San Miguel, CA -- 2010); Run the River Marathon (Folson-Sacramento, CA -- 2009). I love working with enthusiastic runners, helping them reach their personal goals, and imparting my experiences and strategies (born from years of effort and... read more

...In other words, one begins to finally understand, fundamentally, why the natural world is described mathematically, and not some other way. The techniques of both Calculus and Linear Algebra are brought to bear on problems of dynamics -- that is how things move and change with respect to one another. I matriculated into the Doctoral Program in Mathematics... read more

...The literary classics of Greek and Roman antiquity are part of the foundation of western civilization. My long-term engagement with the classics has culminated in a Ph.D. in Roman history from Yale University and has included extensive training in the Greek and Latin languages. I can make these often strange and difficult texts both relevant and... read more

...I did graduate studies in a doctorate program at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany before accepting employment for a major German refugee relief aid organization in the aftermath of the fall of communism in Central Europe and the war in former Yugoslavia. During my studies in Germany, I successfully passed university... read more