"I have earned a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and a Master's Degree in Computer Science, mirroring my childhood love for math and science which was inspired by my teachers in high school. During my education, I often helped my classmates with their assignments, and began to develop an appreciation not only for science, but for education. On some rare occasions, I was even given the opportunity to teach classes in the absence of my teachers.

When my son started high school, I worked with him on his homework from his AP Physics, AP Chemistry, and AP Calculus classes and rediscovered my love for teaching. Upon his graduation to college I signed up for some volunteer teaching jobs in order to continue doing what I truly enjoyed, in addition to my day job as a software engineer first at Microsoft, then later at Yahoo and NPario. Since 2005, I have been volunteering my time to teach students in my community:

Homework Helper at King County Boys and Girls Club

VIBES (Volunteers in Bellevue's Education System) - focusing on students struggling in their classrooms

KCLS (King County Library System) Study Zone - assisting students with a variety of subjects, primarily mathematics.

Teaching is something that runs in my family. My wife is a Montessori teacher and my son was previously the lead chemistry tutor at the University of Washington CLUE (Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment) program before starting medical school. Now, I hope to join them as teachers." less...