"During my career in academia (Cornell, UC Berkeley), government (NASA) and industry (several web start-ups), I’ve had a few opportunities to teach. These teaching experiences have been extremely rewarding. This is why I’ve chosen to pursue teaching as a path.

In college, I was a teaching assistant for a 2nd semester college computer science foundations class. The job involved private one-on-one tutoring at a walk-in center a few times a week, plus group sessions before exams.

While working at NASA Ames Research Center, I joined their outreach program and mentored a robotics club at a San Leandro, California middle school, helping students build a new robot each year with which we competed in the national Robocup competition.

I've also taught bass and guitar since high-school.

I am sensitive to other people's emotions and thoughts and accommodate to each student's needs uniquely. I never lose my patience.

For repeated lessons, my method starts with setting goals and evaluating the student's strengths and weaknesses. We then devise a plan. We always monitor how we're progressing and shift focus accordingly to the areas that need most help.

In one-time lessons, I can help you with a specific concept, homework problem or to prepare for a test. In any of those cases, I focus on understanding the material so that you can continue to solve similar problems on your own.

I've found that my passion for programming helps me motivate my students.

Let's discuss further exactly what type of help you might need." less...