What is your hometown?

Aurora, Colorado

What hobbies, sports, or interests light you up?

I really enjoy sudoku puzzles, Wordle, and other brain games. If you talk to me about cats, we can talk for hours!

What is your specialty as a tutor? What topic, problem, subject, or process do you most enjoy helping students to learn?

I enjoy going back to the basics of accounting. Accounting feels like a million independent pieces, even from the beginning. But reviewing and feeling confident in the basic building blocks makes the pieces feel more connected and make more sense. 

Which of the CLASS 5 Keys – Respect, Inclusion, Growth, Support, and Pizzazz - resonates with you the most and how do you put it into practice in your work as a tutor?

Meaningful interactions always begin with respect. Everyone is unique, especially in their learning journeys. I believe that recognizing that fact allows us to learn more about each other, the learning material, and ourselves than we expect to. Meeting students where they are at and respecting everyone's personal learning journey is necessary to learn and grow. After all, it's easier to work with each other than against. 

What is your best advice for students on how to get the most out of their academic experience in college?

Find meaning in everything, especially things you don't want to do. Every assignment and class has something to offer, sometimes you just have to look for it. And no one test will ever define you, instead it will show you how to grow.

Give us a movie quotation, song lyric, or line from a book that will motivate us in our learning.

"You think I'd crumble. You think I'd lay down and die. Oh no, not I, I will survive"