What is your hometown?

Hilo, Hawaii

What hobbies, sports, or interests light you up?

Weightlifting, running, line dancing, anything with dogs, and watching sports

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 understand the foundations of accounting, such as debits/credits and how to utilize financial statements.

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?

Inclusion resonates with me the most as all students absorb information in a unique manner. I put this key value into practice by tailoring my tutoring sessions to best fit the needs of the students I meet with. 

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

Explore your passions, communicate often, and don't fear challenges. 

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

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!