What is your hometown?

Beaverton, Oregon

What hobbies, sports, or interests light you up?

Hiking, running, paddleboarding, traveling, reading, being with friends, good food, adventuring!!

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

I like asking students to think about the material as more than just something to memorize, because I feel like that's where the most learning can happen. It makes us feel better about what we're learning when we're actively engaged with it :)

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?

Growth and Respect resonate the most because it's hard for a person to feel like they have the space to grow if they're not being respected, so these go hand-in-hand for me. I try to get students to the point where they feel safe being truthful about their academic struggles and worries because then I can give them the help they need to aid in their journey. 

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

My best advice is to have fun!! College can be a pain, but it's hard for fun things to be a pain... so enjoy it while you're here. 

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

"Play long enough, you never change the stakes, the house takes you. Unless, when that perfect hand comes along, you bet big, and then you take the house." - Ocean's Eleven