"Hi, I'm Samantha! I am currently getting my PhD in mathematics from Indiana University. I received my BA from St. John's College in the classical liberal arts, and I completed a math post-baccalaureate graduate certificate at Smith College. I am passionate about education, but especially math education. I didn't always like math, but I found that I fell in love with it once I learned it in a way that made sense to me. I hope to help students have this same experience, where they fall in love with math when they learn it in a way that makes sense for them! As a result, personalized approaches are very important for my tutoring practice. I tutored math (algebra, geometry, calculus I) for two years during my undergraduate degree, and I have worked as a math tutor this past year at Smith College (calculus I-III, linear algebra, discrete math)." less...