I am a physics nerd that loves understanding the world through first principles and sharing that joy with others. I hold a Bachelors of Science in math and physics from the University of Houston, where I received the Barry M. Goldwater scholarship for my physics research, and a Masters of Science in math from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I was the recipient of the Graduate Presidential Fellowship. Since graduating from MIT, I have worked as a data scientist building...
I am a physics nerd that loves understanding the world through first principles and sharing that joy with others. I hold a Bachelors of Science in math and physics from the University of Houston, where I received the Barry M. Goldwater scholarship for my physics research, and a Masters of Science in math from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I was the recipient of the Graduate Presidential Fellowship. Since graduating from MIT, I have worked as a data scientist building interpretable machine learning algorithms across sectors. I have moved back into teaching full-time and working on my own research projects.
I began my professional teaching career when appointed as a Teaching Fellow in the physics department at Harvard University. My proudest moment at Harvard was when one of my students switched their major to physics and went on to pursue aerospace engineering at NASA. While at MIT, I was a research mentor for the Research Science Institute program and my students went on to win the Siemens Finalist award. Over the past twelve years, I have taught students ranging from middle school to graduate level, both online and in-person, with a focus on math and physics. My favorite subjects to tutor are calculus and introductory physics because I enjoy demystifying these ideas and seeing students replace their initial anxiety with calm confidence.
My tutoring style is student-specific and based on first principles. I modify the pace depending on the student’s individual needs and background. While teaching at Harvard, I learned that a good teacher meets students where they are in their learning journey. My math education philosophy is that the benefit of math literacy is not simply completing homework, but, instead, learning to think clearly through complex problems and solve them. I distinguish myself from other tutors by incorporating students’ own interests to make the material more relatable and showing students how to derive results for themselves rather than relying on memorization.
