"I graduated from the University of Washington in 1996 and traveled across the state to join the ranks of our "arch enemy" at Washington State University for graduate school in Speech-Language Pathology, completing my masters degree in 1998. It wasn't until about 2010 that I realized I have always been a coach. In middle school, I was a peer coach. In high school, I volunteered as a counselor at a nature conservation camp for 5th and 6th graders. In college, I began coaching football at the high school level. My studies lead me to working with elementary and secondary school students focusing on speech and language development.

In early 2019, I began teaching ESL (English as a 2nd language) online to students based primarily in China. Later that summer, with high demand in North America, I quickly transitioned to online tutoring in English and Math tutoring. The need for middle school writing and math help was off the charts. Since then, I have been working full time with students from 5th grade through college age. I love working on essay writing and editing, standardized test prep, pre-algebra, algebra and geometry. However, many of my students come to me with whatever subject is causing them anxiety in the moment!

I absolutely LOVE teaching math. I've always been good in math.

- 1991 Math Student of the Year while taking Trigonometry

- A grade in every math class at the elementary, secondary and collegiate level

And you may wonder, why did Brian study Speech-Language Pathology? Well, speech is numbers too!

My Masters Thesis explored the physical/numeric difference in speech patterns of children exposed to cocaine and other drugs prenatally. I analyzed voice onset time for stop consonants (for example, /b/, /d/, /g/), vowel duration and closure duration. The physics and statistics were fascinating and challenging.

It's numbers that really show a young person's mind at work. My passion is helping others succeed. When the light goes on in a young person's mind, it brings a huge smile to" less...