I began teaching as a laboratory assistant while getting my bachelor's degree in chemistry at Oberlin College, and continued as a PhD candidate at Cornell University. I was awarded Oberlin College's Fitzpatrick Scholarship for excellence as a chemistry teaching assistant and tutor, and a National Merit Scholarship in high school for excellent standardized test scores. I bring to my tutoring an understanding that my own successes and those of most students are due to hard work, confidence, per...