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Kevin M.

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I have built my practice around elementary students who learn differently — children with ADHD, autism, anxiety, or a school history that has taught them to brace for failure. I hold an Honors degree in Ethnic Studies from Brown University, a Clear California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with Bilingual Authorization, and certification as a Registered Behavior Technician. That last credential is the difference: it trained me to read what a child's behavior is communicating and to teach...

I have built my practice around elementary students who learn differently — children with ADHD, autism, anxiety, or a school history that has taught them to brace for failure. I hold an Honors degree in Ethnic Studies from Brown University, a Clear California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with Bilingual Authorization, and certification as a Registered Behavior Technician. That last credential is the difference: it trained me to read what a child's behavior is communicating and to teach to the mind in front of me.
For four years I have taught full time in my own classroom, from bilingual kindergarten through fifth-grade science and math, so I know how a five-year-old and a ten-year-old each come to understand a new idea. Before that I worked one-on-one as a special education aide with students who were Deaf and hard of hearing, autistic, and emotionally and socially developing; I tutored children experiencing homelessness through School on Wheels; and I supported children living in a domestic violence shelter. Every one of those settings taught me the same thing: a child has to feel safe, capable, and genuinely seen before a single fact will stick.

In our sessions, I begin where your child actually is, build from what already excites them, and turn the hard thing into something they can do — then I make sure they feel themselves doing it. I am patient by training and by temperament, I keep our work structured and predictable, and I treat your child as the capable person they already are. If that is the kind of teacher you have been looking for, I would be glad to meet you both.

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Brown University
Ethnic Studies
Loyola Marymount University
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ACT Math

ACT Math

I hold an Honors degree from Brown University, a Clear California teaching credential, and certification as a Registered Behavior Technician, and I focus on the part of ACT Math that quietly sinks scores: shaky foundations and test-day panic. Students lose points for two reasons I know how to fix — an early gap in algebra or arithmetic that never got repaired, and the freeze that a timed, high-stakes test sets off. My RBT training means I coach pacing and regulation right alongside the content, so my students stay calm and methodical under the clock. I rebuild the foundation, drill the question types that repeat, and get your teen to the test believing they can do it.
ADHD

ADHD

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher, a Registered Behavior Technician, and a neurodivergent person myself — so I understand ADHD from the credential, the clinical training, and the lived experience. I specialize in elementary students whose ADHD shows up as avoidance, impulsivity, emotional overwhelm, or the quiet kind that looks like daydreaming. My sessions are structured and predictable but never rigid — I build in movement, choice, and genuine interest so your child stays engaged because the work feels worth doing, not because they're forced to comply. I teach your child how their brain works and how to work with it, because the goal isn't to fix them — it's to make school stop feeling like a place that wasn't built for them.
Algebra 1

Algebra 1

I'm a credentialed elementary and middle-grades teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and four years of full-time classroom experience teaching math. Most students who struggle in Algebra 1 don't have an algebra problem — they have a gap underneath it in fractions, proportional reasoning, or negative numbers that no one caught. I find that gap, repair it with concrete understanding instead of memorized tricks, and then the algebra starts making sense on its own. My sessions are patient, structured, and especially effective for students whose frustration has turned into avoidance — as a Registered Behavior Technician, I know how to keep a struggling learner calm, focused, and willing to try the next problem.
Algebra 2

Algebra 2

I'm a credentialed teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and four years of full-time classroom math instruction. Algebra 2 students who come to me are usually capable but hitting a wall — the abstraction jumped and nobody paused to make sure the reasoning underneath kept up. I slow down, connect every new concept back to something concrete your student already understands, and rebuild their confidence alongside their skills. My sessions are structured, patient, and especially effective for students whose frustration has started looking like "I just don't care."
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

I'm a certified Registered Behavior Technician and a credentialed elementary teacher who has worked directly with autistic students in three settings: as a special education instructional aide providing one-on-one support, as a classroom teacher differentiating for students on the spectrum, and as a neurodivergent person who understands sensory, social, and executive functioning differences from the inside. My RBT certification means I am trained in applied behavior analysis, antecedent strategies, and functional communication — but my approach is affirming, not compliance-driven. I keep sessions predictable, low-demand in pressure and high-demand in thinking, and I teach to your child's genuine interests so engagement comes from within.
Chemistry

Chemistry

I'm a credentialed science teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and three years designing and teaching inquiry-based science in my own classroom. Chemistry clicks when a student stops memorizing and starts seeing how matter actually behaves — and that's exactly what my sessions build toward. I use real-world models, hands-on reasoning, and structured problem-solving to make abstract concepts tangible. As a Registered Behavior Technician, I'm especially patient with students who feel overwhelmed by the volume of content and need someone to slow it down without dumbing it down.
Common Core

Common Core

I hold a Clear California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and have spent four years teaching Common Core-aligned math, science, and ELA in my own elementary classroom — including designing original units mapped to CCSS and NGSS standards. I understand what Common Core actually asks students to do, which is often different from what parents expect: conceptual understanding over procedural speed, evidence-based reasoning over right answers, and mathematical thinking shown in multiple representations. My sessions help students and families make sense of Common Core methods rather than fight them, and I bridge the gap between what school is asking and what your child already knows how to do.
Elementary (K-6th)

Elementary (K-6th)

I'm a full-time credentialed elementary teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and four years in my own classroom, from bilingual kindergarten through fifth-grade science and math. I work with K-6 students across reading, writing, math, and science, and I'm especially good with the child who has quietly started to believe they're "bad at school." My sessions are patient and structured: I figure out how your child actually learns, rebuild the foundation underneath the grade-level work, and teach from what already interests them. As a Registered Behavior Technician, I keep our time calm, focused, and confidence-building, so your child leaves each session more capable than they came in.
Elementary Math

Elementary Math

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and three years teaching fifth-grade math alongside science in my own classroom. I specialize in the child who has already decided they're bad at math — the one who shuts down at word problems, guesses to get it over with, or memorized a procedure without understanding why it works. My sessions are structured and patient: I find the exact place the foundation cracked, rebuild it with concrete models and real-world reasoning, and make sure your child feels themselves getting it. As a Registered Behavior Technician, I'm especially effective with students whose math anxiety looks like avoidance, frustration, or tears — I keep things calm, predictable, and moving forward.
Elementary Science

Elementary Science

I spent three years as a fifth-grade science and math teacher with my own classroom, designing and teaching inquiry-based units where students investigated real questions — from the chemistry of salsa to the physics of their own neighborhoods. My students consistently outperformed building averages in science proficiency, and they did it through curiosity, not compliance. I hold a Clear California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and an Honors degree from Brown University, and I teach science the way actual scientists work: observe, wonder, test, revise. If your child thinks science is boring or believes they're "not a science person," I am patient, hands-on, and very good at proving them wrong.
ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher with a Clear Credential and an Honors degree from Brown University, and I taught bilingual kindergarten where most of my students were meeting English for the first time. I work with young English learners who are bright and capable but stuck — children who understand far more than they can yet say, freeze when they're called on, or have everyday English down while the academic language school demands stays out of reach. My sessions are patient and low-pressure: I build vocabulary through what your child already loves, give them safe room to practice speaking out loud, and grow their confidence as fast as their grammar. Because I speak Spanish, I can also keep Spanish-speaking families informed and involved at every step.
Executive Functioning

Executive Functioning

I'm a previously certified Registered Behavior Technician and a credentialed elementary teacher with four years of classroom experience teaching students whose biggest barrier wasn't content — it was organization, task initiation, time management, emotional regulation, and working memory. My RBT training gives me a clinical framework for understanding executive functioning challenges, and my classroom experience means I've built and tested real systems — visual schedules, chunked assignments, transition routines, self-monitoring tools — that actually work for young people. I'm neurodivergent myself, so I teach executive functioning not as compliance but as self-knowledge: helping your child understand how their brain works and build strategies that fit them rather than fight them.
GED

GED

I'm a credentialed teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and four years of full-time classroom experience, and I believe deeply that the path you took to get here matters less than what you're ready to do now. I tutor GED candidates across all subject areas — math, science, language arts, and social studies — with a focus on filling gaps efficiently and building test confidence. My sessions are structured, patient, and judgment-free. As a Registered Behavior Technician, I'm especially effective with learners who carry anxiety or shame around school — I keep things calm, focused, and moving forward.
Grammar

Grammar

I'm a credentialed teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University, and I approach grammar the way I approach everything — through understanding, not memorization. Students who struggle with grammar usually aren't careless; they never learned the underlying logic of how English sentences work. I teach that logic explicitly, with clear patterns and real examples from your child's own writing, so the rules stick because they make sense. My sessions are patient and structured, and I'm especially effective with neurodivergent learners who need grammar taught systematically rather than picked up by intuition.
High School Placement Test

High School Placement Test

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and three years teaching fifth-grade math and science — the exact content band that high school placement tests assess. I understand that these tests often determine a student's trajectory and the pressure families feel around them, and I focus on two things most prep tutors miss: filling the specific foundational gaps that cost points, and coaching the test-day regulation skills that keep a prepared student from freezing under pressure. As a Registered Behavior Technician, I'm trained in anxiety management and performance coaching alongside academic content, so your child walks in confident and methodical.
Homeschool

Homeschool

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and four years of experience designing original, inquiry-based curriculum from scratch — exactly the skill set homeschool families need but rarely find in a tutor. I have built full science units grounded in real-world investigation, structured literacy and math sequences, and interdisciplinary projects that let students follow genuine curiosity without sacrificing rigor. I work with homeschool families as a collaborative partner: I can support an existing curriculum, fill subject-area gaps, or help design a learning plan that fits your child's pace, interests, and needs. I'm especially effective with neurodivergent homeschoolers who left traditional school because it wasn't built for how they think.
Interview Prep

Interview Prep

I hold an Honors degree from Brown University, where I defended an original thesis before a faculty panel, and I have navigated competitive interview processes for Teach For America, multiple school leadership and teaching positions, and fellowship applications. I coach students and young professionals on structuring clear, compelling answers, reading what an interviewer is actually asking, managing nerves, and presenting authenticity as a strength rather than a liability. My approach is structured and practice-based — we build a story bank, rehearse under realistic conditions, and refine delivery until confidence is genuine. I'm especially effective with neurodivergent clients who interview brilliantly once they have a framework.
Machine Learning/ AI

Machine Learning/ AI

I use artificial intelligence tools professionally every day as part of a documented multi-agent research workflow spanning Claude, Gemini, and other large language models — designing prompts, evaluating outputs, orchestrating complex multi-step tasks, and critically assessing where AI is reliable and where it fails. I hold an Honors degree from Brown University and I approach AI tutoring as a literacy question: I teach students and professionals how to write effective prompts, evaluate AI-generated content for accuracy and bias, integrate AI tools into academic and professional workflows ethically, and understand the underlying logic of how these systems work. My sessions are practical and project-based, not theoretical — we build real skills with real tools.
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

I graduated with Honors from Brown University, one of the most writing-intensive institutions in the country, and I have written successful personal statements for Teach For America, graduate fellowship applications, and competitive teaching positions. I know what admissions readers are looking for because I've been on both sides — as a writer who earned admission and funding, and as a teacher who coaches young people in finding and articulating what makes them distinctive. My approach is structured: we identify your core narrative, build an architecture that earns attention in the first two sentences, and revise until every word is load-bearing. I'm especially effective with students who know they have a story but cannot yet see its shape.
Phonics

Phonics

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University, and I taught bilingual kindergarten — where phonics isn't a supplement, it's the entire gateway. I have worked with emergent readers building letter-sound correspondence for the first time and with upper-elementary students who slipped through without a solid phonics foundation and now struggle silently with decoding. My approach is structured, multisensory, and patient: we blend, segment, and build fluency through repetition that feels like play, not punishment. As a Registered Behavior Technician, I'm especially effective with the child who shuts down around reading — I keep sessions calm, predictable, and confidence-first so your child starts to see themselves as a reader.
Prealgebra

Prealgebra

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and three years teaching fifth-grade math, which is exactly where prealgebra lives — fractions, ratios, integers, and the jump into abstract reasoning. Most prealgebra struggles are really fourth- or fifth-grade gaps that never got caught, and I'm trained to find them fast. I rebuild foundations with concrete models and real-world reasoning so your child isn't memorizing steps they don't understand. As a Registered Behavior Technician, I keep sessions calm and predictable for students whose math anxiety has already set in.
Psychology

Psychology

I hold an Honors degree from Brown University in Ethnic Studies, where my coursework and thesis work drew heavily on developmental psychology, social psychology, and the psychology of identity formation. I'm also a Registered Behavior Technician, trained in applied behavior analysis and the science of how learning and behavior actually work. I tutor psychology through connection — helping students see the theories in their own lives and relationships rather than memorizing names and dates. My approach is especially effective for students who are neurodivergent or who learn best through discussion and real-world application rather than textbook review.
Spanish

Spanish

I grew up in a Guatemalan-Mexican household where Spanish was spoken at home, and I hold a California Bilingual Authorization earned through a formal proficiency examination — so my Spanish is both lived and credentialed. I taught bilingual kindergarten where instruction moved fluidly between English and Spanish every day, and I understand the specific challenge heritage speakers face: children who can talk to abuela but freeze when school asks them to read or write academically in Spanish. My sessions meet your child where they are — whether that's a first introduction or strengthening the academic register underneath a language they already carry. I keep things patient, culturally grounded, and confidence-building.
Special Needs

Special Needs

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher and a certified Registered Behavior Technician with direct experience working one-on-one as a special education instructional aide with students who were Deaf and hard of hearing, autistic, and classified as emotionally and socially delayed. I hold a Clear California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and an Honors degree from Brown University, and I have spent four years teaching in inclusive classrooms where I differentiated instruction daily for students with IEPs and 504 plans. My sessions are structured, sensory-aware, and strengths-based — I identify how your child actually learns and build from there. As a neurodivergent person myself, I bring lived understanding alongside clinical and classroom training.
Spelling

Spelling

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University, and I taught bilingual kindergarten and fifth-grade literacy — both ends of the spelling development spectrum. I don't teach spelling through memorization and Friday tests; I teach it through phonics patterns, morphology, and word origins so your child understands why words are spelled the way they are. That approach sticks in a way that rote lists never do. I'm especially effective with neurodivergent learners and students with dyslexia-adjacent patterns who need spelling taught systematically and patiently rather than assumed to come naturally.
Thesis Writing

Thesis Writing

I wrote and defended an original honors thesis at Brown University in Ethnic Studies — a sustained, independent research project requiring literature review, original argumentation, theoretical framing, and faculty-panel defense. I understand the thesis process from proposal through defense, and I know exactly where students get stuck: narrowing a question, building a literature review that argues rather than summarizes, maintaining a consistent analytical voice across fifty-plus pages, and managing the emotional weight of a project that large. My sessions are structured and patient — I help you break the project into manageable phases, hold you accountable without judgment, and push your thinking to the level your committee expects.
TOEFL

TOEFL

I hold a Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, and I taught bilingual kindergarten where I watched language acquisition happen in real time every day. That experience gives me a deep understanding of how English actually clicks for someone learning it — the patterns that transfer, the structures that don't, and the confidence it takes to produce language under pressure. My TOEFL sessions focus on academic English fluency, timed writing and speaking strategies, and the test-day regulation skills that keep a prepared student from freezing. I am patient, structured, and effective with learners whose English is stronger than their test scores show.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

I'm a credentialed elementary teacher with an Honors degree from Brown University and four years teaching reading, writing, and science — all subjects where vocabulary is the hidden gatekeeper. I specialize in students who can decode just fine but stall when they hit academic language that nobody explicitly taught them. My sessions build word knowledge through context, morphology, and genuine curiosity — not flashcards and memorization. I'm especially effective with students who are neurodivergent or multilingual, where vocabulary gaps are often misread as comprehension deficits.
Writing

Writing

I graduated with Honors from Brown University — a school where writing is the primary way you prove you can think — and I've spent four years teaching elementary students to put their ideas on paper with confidence. Most young writers who struggle aren't lacking ideas; they're stuck on the gap between what they can say out loud and what they can get down in writing. I teach structure, organization, and revision as thinking tools, not busywork, and I build from what your child actually wants to say. My sessions are patient and scaffolded, especially effective for neurodivergent learners who need the writing process broken into clear, manageable steps.
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