"Two of my college professors supported and encouraged me to choose education as my major. I chose to work in a Laboratory instead.

Fast-forward several years and I found myself training the newly-hired Laboratory Technicians and shared the joy, and frustrations, of teaching with my former professors. They listened, smiled and approved.

One Sunday morning, I found myself agreeing to tutor a homeschooling high school student. Her Mom was a Music teacher with a deep dislike for mathematics in general. That was the turning point in my understanding of what makes me happy: seeing the "aha" moment in my students' faces.

For the next several years, I used every method from hands-on explanations of quadratic equations to drawing 3-D graph on my basement floor in order to help my students grasp and retain the concepts while building a strong foundation for future college course.

Last year I was offered, and accepted, a tutoring position with Waubonsee Community College. As such, I have been tutoring students in Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, Pre-Calculus and Calculus.

I have been teaching and/or tutoring for the last nineteen years and enjoying every minute of it. Every student teaches me another way of looking at the exact same material.

I am looking forward to helping you, and your family, find the answer to your math problems and making your dreams possible." less...