I am a professional software engineer with nearly a decade of experience spanning education, biological research, and STEM curriculum design. My background bridges K–12 instruction, university-level coursework, graduate training, and real-world industry practice, allowing me to support students at almost any academic stage.
I have taught and tutored students in both traditional and online settings, working with learners from elementary school through graduate programs. My teaching style...
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Mason has provided examples of their subject expertise by answering 1 question submitted by students on Wyzant’s Ask an Expert.
Excellent algorithm/data structures instructor — finally made the concepts ‘click’
In my comp sci class we are currently covering sorting algorithms and data structures in class, but none one of it stuck. I was just copying down examples basically. Then I had this session and everything started making more sense. Mason explained how to actually model data structures in JavaScript which was like night and day compared to lecture. Instead of just showing me code, she walked me through WHY things worked the way they did. What really helped was that she could tell exactly where I was confused and explained it differently than my professor did. Like, my notes made no sense to me before, but after this session I actually GET it now. With Mason’s help, I’ve been getting those “oh THAT’S what was happening” moments. I would highly recommend. Edit (second lesson): Another great lesson. This time we did a pair programming session practicing algorithms and various toy problems. Mason went over not only one way to solve each problem, but various approaches with different levels of complexity.
Khan, 2 lessons with Mason
Excellent algorithm/data structures instructor — finally made the concepts ‘click’
In my comp sci class we are currently covering sorting algorithms and data structures in class, but none one of it stuck. I was just copying down examples basically. Then I had this session and everything started making more sense. Mason explained how to actually model data structures in JavaScript which was like night and day compared to lecture. Instead of just showing me code, she walked me through WHY things worked the way they did. What really helped was that she could tell exactly where I was confused and explained it differently than my professor did. Like, my notes made no sense to me before, but after this session I actually GET it now. With Mason’s help, I’ve been getting those “oh THAT’S what was happening” moments. I would highly recommend
Khan, 2 lessons with Mason
Excellent, cordial, professional, and knowledgeable
Mason is an excellent tutor who enjoys teaching and was able to explain things that my professor didn’t explain in class. I am feeling much more confident about creating functions in JavaScript and understanding how they work using the debugger, which Mason also showed me how to do. She even left me a guide to help me with my JavaScript related needs as I get through my intro course.
Marco, 1 lesson with Mason
Patient tutor.
Mason took the time to make a google doc of what I was learning in my statistic class and I kept it as a reference so I can look back at our work. She went over problems step by step with me on what I was struggling the most like the Chebyshev’s theorem. She also stood a little over our time to help me with my upcoming test. I would likely ask for mason again for future help.
Melissa, 2 lessons with Mason
