What is your hometown?

Pomona, California

What hobbies, sports, or interests light you up?

Music, reading fantasy novels, and playing video games like RPGs and MMOs.

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

I most enjoy helping students learn the mathematical side of things, from writing equations to working with data.

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?

The key that resonates most with me is inclusion. We each have our own ways of learning and understanding, so what makes sense to me might not to someone else and vice versa. As a tutor, this means I'm always trying to come up with different ways of understanding and explaining a topic.

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

To quote my high school orchestra moto, "Do the Thing." Ask the "dumb" question (clarification is everything), and go to office hours, go to that absurdly last minute review session before an exam. Everything and everyone here is a resource, so take full advantage while you can.

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

"If you wait until you think you are ready, you'll wait your whole life." - Ranger's Apprentice 7: Erak's Ransom, John Flanagan