"I'm Jolie and I’m here to help you meet your academic goals! I'm a public health professional with both a bachelor's degree in biology and psychology (double major) and a master's degree in public health. Throughout my extensive schooling career, I had the privilege to learn from some incredible teachers. From them, I not only learned about the subject matter, but also about the teaching and learning process. I discovered that for me, and many others, visualization is important. Based on this insight, I make sure to include lots of visualizations in my lessons- images, diagrams, and I always write out terms for my students. I have also found that repetition can be quite effective. I know that no one likes to repeat things over and over so I like to come up with fun games to reinforce ideas. Whether it be creating my own board games, flashcards or playing hide-and-seek games, I have done it all.

I have 4 years of teaching/tutoring experience. Before transitioning to working full time in public health, I worked as an assistant teacher for a bilingual elementary school in Spain. I taught English at the school and provided private lessons for children who needed extra help. I also worked with adult pupils and helped them improve their English skills in the workplace.

Working in the U.S., I have taught elementary, middle, and high school age children. I tutored these children in a variety of subjects including Spanish, English, History, Science, Math, test prep and more. During my academic career, I excelled in all these subjects. I took AP exams and scored between a 3 and 5/5 for all. For the corresponding New York regent’s exams, I scored between 90 and 99/100 and on the SAT and ACT reading sections, I scored around the 96th percentile.

I love teaching and helping people understand concepts. I live for that lightbulb moment when what we have been going over finally clicks. Please feel free to contact me with any questions that you have. I’m here to help and cannot wait to meet you!" less...