I have always considered teaching amongst the noblest professions. To me, teachers serve as the sentinels of knowledge. As such, I possess great eagerness to work with students in pursuit of education. Uniting students with an appreciation for and competence in the subjects I instruct ceaselessly exhilarates me, from which I also distill enjoyment and satisfaction that I hope to disseminate to my students.

Since high school, I have engaged in pedagogy, participating in educational outreach programs and professional instructional services during my undergraduate career at the University of Connecticut. I emphasize conceptual understanding in my instruction as comprehension of the underlying principles of material provides the most powerful tool for solving both computational and abstract problems. I will often detail to students derivations to provide a rigorous and complete background on which the student can construct a knowledge base and through which a student can observe clear reasoning and solution techniques. To evaluate student weaknesses, I typically ask the student to demonstrate the corresponding ability and familiarity with material by completing practice problems. After determining the clarity, accuracy, and technique with which the student approaches the problem, I provide an example of an ideal method of solution, ensuring to explain the rationale for each step, from which the student can learn. Then, I request the student to complete a similar problem to exercise the student with the most productive and efficient problem-solving skills.

I have worked as a classroom assistant in a high school local to my alma mater, providing assistance to students in a socially interactive, but academically focused environment to inspire collaboration on in-class assignments, from which I also gained experience in motivating students. I diversified my experience with younger age groups by tutoring at a local middle school, working with students on more rudimentary topics. Additionally, I worked as a personalized tutor for student-athletes through a program during which I planned, arranged, and executed one-on-one tutoring sessions, specializing in college mathematics, chemistry, and physics. I also served as a teaching assistant for a second-semester course in general chemistry.

Regarding my education, I graduated summa cum laude (Latin for, "With highest honor,") from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts in physics with a minor in chemistry. I have received acceptance to a graduate teaching program, which I will begin this upcoming summer, that awards a Master's degree in curriculum and instruction as well as secondary education teacher certification. Meanwhile, I continue to conduct research with a professor at the University of Connecticut in theoretical physics.