I graduated from Paradise Valley Community College in fall 2020 with an A.S. in computer science, and from ASU in fall 2022 with a B.S. in mathematics in a minor in philosophy. I graduated with a 4.0 GPA, and was also awarded the fall 2022 Dean's Medal for the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. During my time at ASU, I have had the opportunity to discuss mathematics at length with my peers, and to give presentations on mathematics; these experiences have prompted me to think deeply about mathematics pedagogy and my approach to teaching mathematics and computer science.

Since fall 2020, I have been an engineering tutor at Chandler-Gilbert Community College, and have recently also begun tutoring through the math center there. This has given me experience in tutoring a wide variety of mathematics, computer science, and engineering courses, in both online and in-person settings. I also have experience in one-on-one mathematics tutoring at the late elementary and high school levels.

I deeply enjoy mathematics, but I understand how impenetrable it can feel to students. Through my tutoring experiences, I have often observed students feeling completely helpless when staring at a page full of arcane-looking symbols. My goal in teaching is to always emphasize the conceptual ideas and encourage conceptual, intuitive understanding of the material. The extreme abstractness of mathematics can make it very difficult to reason about, so I always strive for explanations that feel natural, intuitive, and tangible. In topology, for instance, we often work in infinite-dimensional space—something which feels totally incomprehensible—yet somehow, topological arguments can often be intuitively understood by imagining only a two-dimensional picture. This kind of process—bringing tangibility to the abstractness of mathematics with simple pictures and ideas—is what I strive for in teaching, and it is a thought process which I have learned from the many wonderful mathematics professors at ASU.