Hi! My name is Mia E., and I love carrot cake, the color orange makes me happy, and my sister and brother are my best friends! I have been teaching children (ages K-12) through summer programs, babysitting, and supplemental educational programming since my time as a student at Tougaloo College. Additionally, while attending graduate school at Brown University, I was able to teach acting, playwriting, and Shakespeare to children of all ages. While tutoring is new to me, providing homework assistance, guidance, and mentoring in the past has given me the tools necessary to pursue being a tutor now and in the future.

What I love about tutoring is that it is personal, tailored assistance provided to students in need. I remember the help I received with homework when I was in school, and it made such a difference in my confidence surrounding the subjects I was learning and taught me how to use the knowledge I gained to my advantage and for my personal growth. I hope that the students I tutor will have a similar and even more positive experience than what I had.

As a homework helper for an eight year old girl that I was babysitting while living in NY, a summer teacher of playwrighting for fourth and fifth graders, a mentor for a boy in second grade via the Boys and Girls Club, and as a counselor and teaching artist for an at risk youth program and summer theater camp, I have accrued an array of teaching and mentoring experience. I believe this makes me qualified to be a tutor and to create with students the best way to inspire them to be their best.

"Mitochondria, the nucleus, and cilia, to say the least, are found in eukaryotic cells." I still remember this from science class in middle school, and while those terms may have been forgotten by other people my age, they are just a fraction of what exists within our cells, which make us whole. Science exists in layers, building on a foundation like any other subject, and I believe that the understanding of this allows me to tutor science in a wa