I am an academic with extensive tutoring and teaching experience. I hold an M.D. and am completing my Ph.D. in Epidemiology at UMass Amherst, where I have served as a teaching assistant and one-on-one tutor for statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, and public health courses. Before that, I taught full-time at Springfield College, where I instructed college-level biology, microbiology, and biochemistry in both classroom and lab settings, and have also taught mathematics at the...
I am an academic with extensive tutoring and teaching experience. I hold an M.D. and am completing my Ph.D. in Epidemiology at UMass Amherst, where I have served as a teaching assistant and one-on-one tutor for statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, and public health courses. Before that, I taught full-time at Springfield College, where I instructed college-level biology, microbiology, and biochemistry in both classroom and lab settings, and have also taught mathematics at the post-secondary level.
I have worked with students from middle school to graduate programs in classrooms, small groups, and one-on-one sessions spanning over two decades of teaching. I know that the biggest obstacle is rarely intelligence; it's finding the right explanation. I adapt my approach to each student, whether that means building intuition, working through problem sets together, or finally making sense of a concept that hasn't clicked yet.
For statistics and quantitative courses, I focus on the reasoning behind the numbers, not just the procedures. For science courses, I draw on years of lab and research experience to make abstract concepts concrete. For Spanish, I am a native speaker who has taught and communicated professionally in both languages for over 20 years.
I am teaching three sections of a first-year seminar at UMass Amherst, and remain actively engaged in university-level instruction. I am patient, flexible, and genuinely enjoy helping people learn. Whether you are a pre-med student tackling microbiology, a graduate student navigating statistics, or anyone who needs a clear and supportive guide through challenging material, I would love to work with you.
