Incoming Georgetown Medical Student | STEM Tutor

Kavon A.

I am a graduate of Brown University, where I earned an honors degree in Biophysics, and I will begin medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine this fall.

I have several years of experience tutoring and teaching students in both one-on-one and group settings. For three years, I worked as a volunteer tutor and mentor through Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment, where I met regularly with a middle school student from a Syrian refugee family. I helped him with math, reading, and writing while adapting lessons to his learning style. This long-term experience taught me how important it is to listen carefully, explain concepts in multiple ways, and build a student’s confidence over time.

I have also taught science in classroom and curriculum-development settings. At the Institute for Systems Biology, I helped create curriculum that used real scientific data and Python-based simulations to help students understand how different immunotherapy treatments affect tumor growth. I later founded Brown STEM Connections, a program that brought Brown undergraduate researchers into local high school classrooms to explain topics such as neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and physiology in accessible language.

My tutoring approach is highly individualized. I first try to understand where a student is getting stuck and whether the issue is conceptual understanding, problem-solving strategy, or confidence. From there, I break difficult topics into smaller steps and use practice problems to make sure the student can apply what they have learned independently. My goal is to help students understand why a solution works and develop a repeatable process they can use on future problems.

I am especially comfortable tutoring K-12 Math, biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and physics. I aim to create a supportive environment where students feel comfortable asking questions and working through mistakes.