What is your hometown?

Hilo, Hawaii

What hobbies, sports, or interests light you up?

I am on the women's tennis team at Pacific University, and in my spare time, I enjoy watching movies, exploring outdoors, cooking, baking, and crafting.

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

I enjoy helping students gain a better understanding of science and math as those are two of my favorite subjects. 

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 the most with me is support because I believe that growth and learning is fostered by support. I hope to support everyone I tutor in a way that is beneficial to them, whether that me words of encouragement or providing practice problems.

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

One piece of advice I would give to students is to utilize all of the resources available to you, whether that be going to office hours or coming to us tutors.

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

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."- A Cinderella Story, 2004