Hi, I'm DeJuana! I graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors degree in Genetics and minors in Anthropology and Spanish. While my degree is in genetics, I have also completed extensive undergraduate coursework in biology, chemistry, and mathematics, and I am currently pursuing a graduate certificate in Medical Human Anatomy from the University of Florida. I am passionate about learning and equally as passionate about teaching and helping others learn. I have over 6 years of experience tutoring middle, high school and college students, and I have instructed a college course as a teaching assistant and assisted in instructing an English course for students in Peru. Among the subjects I have tutored are biology, chemistry, human anatomy, anthropology, genetics, math, and Spanish. I specialize in tutoring middle school, high school, and college science. I have over five years of experience working in genetics research laboratories, and I often draw upon these "real life" science experiences to generate relevant and interesting examples for students, sharpening their critical thinking skills, both for exams and for overall academic development. I have found that this strategy also makes science more exciting and accessible for students, often reducing apprehension about the difficulty of the subject matter.

My tutoring style is very student-centered. During my first session with a student, I spend time gauging his or her specific concerns, goals, and learning style, and I tailor my tutoring sessions to the student's individual academic needs. It is also important to me that sessions are interactive, interesting, and engaging for the student, so that he or she remains motivated and feels confident in his or her own knowledge of the material. In a typical session, I prefer to guide the student through the material, asking questions to assess understanding rather than lecturing or "talking at" the student without gauging his or her comfort with the content. For example, when tutoring a visual learner, I