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Nikki
Film and Digital Photo Tutor - Portait, Large Format, Fine Art
Nikki is a fine art photographer who specializes in large format film portraiture as well as digital photography. She holds an MFA in Photography, where she studied alternative photographic processes and experimental photography in Boston, Massachusetts. She spent a short time as an adjunct professor at Lesley University, teaching Introductory to photography classes, and she has also given several workshops to college and high school level students. Before returning to school for her Mast... Read more
Jean
Word Nerd Tutors in Reading and Writing
I have served as an after-school tutor for third-grade students at Hibbard Elementary, as well as tutored an adult learner with Literacy Chicago, who started with a fourth-grade reading level and eventually earned his GED. I can help supplement classroom assignments and academic goals with regularly scheduled tutoring sessions that will help achieve defined and measurable goals. Whether your child is an elementary student struggling with reading, or a high school student needing help with ex... Read more
Marcy
Certified, MA'd English/Writing/Test Prep Instructor
With 20+ years' experience tutoring/teaching, I've seen it all -- every ability, confidence level, and challenge. I've taught middle school science and social studies, high school writing and test prep, college composition and literature, and recently served as a K-2 interventionist at a nearby charter school. As schools focus more on group projects (and even group writing assignments!), it's more important than ever to build a foundation of fundamental skills -- the analytical reading and w... Read more
Thomas
Passionate Multilingual Music Teacher and Mentor
I am a multi-instrumentalist Brazilian-American with a conservatory background in guitar and theory studies (Souza Lima in SP, Brazil), certified sound engineer (Instituto de áudio e VÃdeo in SP, Brazil) and have worked as a sound designer for cartoon and film (Confraria de Sons e Charutos in SP, Brazil). Currently, I am studying West African Djembé music and perform in a drum ensemble in Chicago. I have been fortunate to study music with great masters who have transmitted ancient knowled... Read more
Meera
Psychologist with a Passion for Music
Hi, I'm Meera! I graduated from UIUC with a degree in Psychology (focusing mostly on clinical and community psychology). Ever since I was little, school was the most boring part of my day, not because I didn't love learning, but because school never made learning fun. In my time outside of classes, even throughout college, I did so many other activities to learn more about the world around me - piano, violin, Indian classical singing, Indian classical dance, track, robotics, Model United Nati... Read more
Jenesis
Former Middle School Math Teacher and Coach
Jenesis left the business world in 2002 and earned an alternative teaching certificate through the University of Illinois’ Middle Grades Mathematics program. She spent six years teaching 6th through 8th graders, with a majority of that time spent on mathematics, in Chicago Public Schools. The following three years was spent working with Carnegie Learning, Inc. as a coach in 8th and 9th grade classrooms. During this time, she earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from the Univers... Read more
Juan
Video Editing
Welcome Fellow Reader! My name is Juan R. and I am a local Videographer and Editor. I am a Chicago native and freelancer around the city. Some of my recent body of work consists of short web content for the Chicago Fire Soccer Club and Non-Profit Casa Central. I Graduated from Columbia College Chicago where I majored in film and had the opportunity to learn all aspects of video production. I am relatively new to the world of tutoring officially but have previous experience working ele... Read more
Ibukunoluwa
Senior Medical Student
I am a fourth year medical student with a passion for teaching since I was 11. Before my college tutoring career, I spent many holidays in my family backyard with chalk and a blackboard where I taught the younger kids in my neighborhood grammar and math. In college, I joined the big leagues, tutoring Neuropsychology, and raised my student's grade from a 'D-' to an 'A-'. I also tutored organic chemistry, which has remained the only chemistry I really enjoy. In medical school, I was a teaching ... Read more
Traice
Personalized in-home tutoring
Tutoring is such an important key to getting the most out of education. I’m the head of the Math Department at my school, and I am very passionate about students excelling and gaining confidence in STEM. Last year I also gained some experience in writing math curriculum. I have earned teaching credentials in Indiana, Massachusetts, and now California. I am very confident that I can help your student grow. I love the extra step that students can reach with even just one hour of tutoring a ... Read more
Michael
Shedd Aquarium Biologist and Educator
I'm a professional biologist at the Shedd Aquarium where I educate people regarding the biology of numerous ambassador animals. I have extensive education in the biological field including an M.S. in Zoology, and I also have years of experience working with kids of all ages as a basketball and baseball coach and as an after school program moderator. I possess the practical biological knowledge to succeed in the field as well as the theoretical knowledge needed to ace any exam. Lets get to ... Read more