Personal Description:

I hold a PhD in Experimental Neuroscience and have been teaching post-secondary students for over 10 years. My undergraduate degree was in zoology, including advanced-level work in math and chemistry.

I am currently available to tutor math, chemistry, and biology, all from elementary through high school up to early post-secondary levels (first- or second-year university). I am also available to tutor physics through high school (up to Grade 12). ESL, mature and upgrading students are certainly welcome!

**For the foreseeable future, I am offering online tutoring only.** I am based in Maple Ridge, so once deemed safe to meet in person again I prefer to conduct any initial in-person tutoring sessions at the Maple Ridge Public Library. Home tutoring can be arranged in most cases after the first session. Please be aware that for everyone's safety and security I insist on the presence of another adult (e.g. parent/guardian, adult sibling or other relative, adult neighbour) during any in-home tutoring sessions for students under 18 years old.

Tutoring Experience:

I have over 10 years' experience instructing and tutoring university-level students, including working as a Life Sciences Tutor in the Learning Centre at VCC, as well as over 8 years' recent experience tutoring elementary and secondary students in math and sciences. I am currently a postsecondary instructor teaching full-time, so I am available to take on only a limited number of private tutoring students.

(If you are currently seeking postsecondary-level tutoring, please let me know with your first request which college/university you are studying at, so we can avoid any potential conflicts of interest!)

Tutoring Approach:

Expect our first session to be spent on working out what level you're at in the material you're working with, identifying areas of strength and weakness, and discussing what goals you'd like to achieve by hiring me as a tutor… and how we can work together to achieve them!
From there on out, a typical session is spent working through problematic homework questions or preparing for specific tests, explaining and working through key concepts as we go. However, I am also available to teach new material to more advanced students who'd like to skip ahead of their class work or prepare for the next level.