Today I am a Junior at UW, majoring in Physics and minoring in Linguistics. This little soundbyte, however, doesn't capture the unusually interesting path my own education has followed. I am profoundly in love with the magic of both words and numbers, and since my teens I have been looking for a way to explore and express in both realms.

For a year and a half I worked in the SCCC computer lab where I was exposed to more different types of questions than ever before. I also taught quarterly computer skills workshops to small classes. Helping others with computers taught me a lot about listening: to learn exactly what a student's problem, how to explain complex processes as simple steps, and how not to assume that a student does or doesn't already know important things. Around the same time I began organizing weekly study salons for a school club, where students openly asked anyone knowledgeable for help in at least a dozen subjects. I witnessed a lot about what works great (or not so great) in a one-on-one tutoring session. Soon I got to test my observations when a couple of my fellow students offered to pay me for private lessons.

Since June 2009, I have been tutoring privately on my own. Most of my experience is with adults, but I have helped them with math from arithmetic through integral calculus. I'm not just about math, though; my experiences includes working with my peers on writing projects from cover letters to undergrad theses.

I love to discover things, to peel them apart and see why they work. As a tutor, I get to help students experience the same satisfaction--and hopefully, the same delight. I also appreciate the different perspectives and questions my students have. It keeps it all fresh for me.