Bio

A data-driven engineer with three years of program management experience in fast-moving, startup environments. In my role as a Product Manager at a self-driving car company, I work to address the operational, technical, policy, and customer needs to scale safe, accessible, and autonomous mobility services to users, one deployment at a time.

I am entrepreneurial and self-motivated and am most engaged when I can take in the technical details of what I’m doing, work directly with customers, and have a great sense of the broader context around what I’m doing (social, policy, etc.).

I love helping others and am happy to talk about:
– applying to and choosing a college
– choosing a major and a career
– navigating personal finances and building credit

I grew up in South Texas and attended a prestigious International Baccalaureate-only high school, where I studied both Chemistry and Physics HL! My favorite subjects were History and Chemistry. After high school, I moved away to California to attend Stanford University, where I studied Mechanical Engineering. Ask me about the solar electric car I built with a team of 40 students and then raced across the continent of Australia, or the fascinating famous people I got to meet and talk to!

Teaching Experience

My Qualifications
– 43/45 points on the IB Diploma Program. Set a record at my high school in South Texas.
– AP Scholar with Distinction
– Stanford Mechanical Engineering and Political Science Class of 2016; Management Science & Engineering M.Sc. 2019
– 4+ years of teaching experience at multiple levels and in multiple subjects
– Experience tutoring remotely in the IB program (Chemistry, Maths, and others)

What is your teaching philosophy?

I believe in using any language or approach necessary for the student, teaching with patience, and revisiting concepts until students build their own excitement and understanding.

What might you do in a typical first session with a student?

In my first session with a new student, I would spend a bit of time getting to know him or her and talking about my own background to start building a longer-term rapport. I would then try to understand the student’s current understanding of their subject and learn more about their needs and learning style. By the end of the session, we would have a plan for what to do next and have also covered a first teaching session.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

I help build confidence, inspire curiosity, and teach organizational and structured thinking skills so that students can learn how to learn better and support themselves.

Teaching Skills