"Hello!

My name is Erica and I have been tutoring since 2003. In that time I have worked with students in one-on-one settings and small groups of two or three at a time. My students have spanned all education levels and ages, whether I was working with a same-aged peer in grade school to adults my senior.

While I have tutored a variety of different topics over the years, my education is in chemistry and mathematics so any academic help I have provided has focused in those areas in particular. As a side note, this also includes all grade school physics. In my professional life I develop computer programs for applications to science, so I am comfortable with helping others learn computer fundamentals or work on basic code (python, Matlab/Octave, and bash are my preferred languages).

My goal as a tutor is not to be another teacher, dictating what a student should or should not do. My job is to be a guide, to show the student that it is likely that they can in fact get the right answer for the right reason. I provide assistance, work through examples, fill in the gaps, and rephrase the students own words to deepen their understanding. If I help lay out the first few stepping stones, ideally the student put down the next one.

I want the student to have an 'aha' moment on their own steam. :)

My schedule is incredibly flexible, so do not hesitate to ask for "weird" tutoring hours. I am also happy to work with groups of up to three students, so bring your friends!" less...