Tutor
ABOUT ME
Hi, I am Victoria!
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I graduated from Miramonte High School in 2018 with a 4.53 GPA. I took 11 AP classes, and scored 5/5 on all 11 AP tests taken.
I recently graduated from UCLA in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychobiology, a minor in Global Health, and a 4.00 GPA with summa cum laude honors. I am currently working full time in healthcare (emergency room in NY) and will matriculate at UCSF School of Medicine in the Fall of 2022.
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I have been a tutor since 2015, and am passionate about and dedicated in providing the most relevant, understandable, and high-quality services in a personalized manner. I genuinely enjoy the process of teaching and learning - I love seeing you excel! I aim to teach you how to learn in the most efficient and effective manner so that learning is fun (as it should be!). As a tutor, I cater to each student's specific needs to ensure excellence. I hope you’ll find what you’re looking for!
For more information or general inquiries, feel free to get in touch today via the CONTACT page.
MY GOALS
COMMUNICATION
Communication and collaboration with my students and their families are key factors to my students' success. I focus on goal setting, creating benchmarks and planning backwards to help set my students up for academic progress. I actively co-create individualized learning plans with my students, in collaboration with parents and teachers, to leverage insight from key adults in my students' lives and map a better plan for success and accountability.
RELATIONSHIP
I, as a tutor, fill a different role than teachers and parents that puts me in a unique position to support students from a peer's perspective. I truly believe that personal relationships are foundational to my students' success: the more connected my students feel to me, the more I can create a personalized learning curriculum that incorporates connections to the student's interests and teach to my student's strengths.
CONTINUOUS LEARNING
I want my students to learn beyond our 2 hour sessions. Learning is a continuous process. I aim to help my students have a correct mindset and attitude to learn, to have academic curiosity, creativity, critical thinking and the desire to extend his or her knowledge levels. I want to relieve the stress that struggling students place on themselves and on their families and make learning simple and fun.
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EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELESÂ (UCLA)
August 2018 - December 2021
GPA: 4.000
Dean's Honor List
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Center for Community Engagement Internship Award
Major: Psychobiology
Minor: Global Health
MIRAMONTE HIGH SCHOOL (ORINDA, CALIFORNIA)
December 2014 -
June 2018
GPA: 4.53
Graduated with highest honors
11 AP tests (all 5's) : AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP physics mechanics, AP physics electromagnetism, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Computer Science A (Java), AP Computer Science principles, AP Mandarin, AP Music Theory
TUTORING EXPERIENCES
PRIVATE TUTOR
September 2015 - Present
Worked one-on-one with middle and high school students in subjects including Science, Mathematics, Language, and College Counseling.
Monitored, assessed, and remediated student performance.
Developed and implemented comprehensive lesson plans that accommodated specific level of learners while offering support to make certain each student was able to grasp materials.
Identified, selected, and modified resources to meet student's diverse needs and integrated worksheets to vary lessons and consolidate concepts.
UCLA LEARNING ASSISTANT
Summer 2019
Selected by UCLA professor and Dean of Life Sciences to assist UCLA undergraduate students in learning course materials and test taking strategies
KUMON TUTOR
January 2015 - June 2016
Hired and received rigorous training on tutoring methods
Lead tutor in Mathematics, skilled in aiding student learning through guided questions
INVOLVEMENTS
UCLA UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
Chief of Staff
Lead UCLA Student Government (Financial Supports Commission) in implementing a COVID-19 Task Force to raise more than $280,000 for UCLA student relief funds
UCLA HONORS SOCIETY (ALDPES)
President
President of the only academic honors society at UCLA
Lead and organize academic and community service events to benefit our environment, youth, children from underserved communities, and the elderly
Create academic support programs to help fellow UCLA students.
UCLA LABORATORY FOR CLINICAL AND AFFECTIVE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
Research Assistant
Research with Dr. Gregory A. Miller in the attentional and affective modulation of sensory gating in patients with a recent-onset or chronic course of schizophrenia.
AI ROBOTICS ETHICS SOCIETY
President
Executive coordinator of all external affairs and internal affairs.
Directed and hosted the first ever AI Robotics and Ethics conference in LA
UCLA COUNCIL ON RESEARCH
Academic Senator
The only undergraduate representative as Academic Senator to consult regularly with the Vice Chancellor for Research to promote and coordinate multidisciplinary research and collaborative work among faculty through establishing research policies.
UCLA RONALD RAEGAN HOSPITAL
Department Coordinator
In charge of cohorts of 60 Care Extenders volunteers in my department
Shadowed physicians and RNs in clinical settings.
UC WOMXN'S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Executive Director
Lead student-run organization with over 90 members
organize annual large scale UC wide Womxn's Conference with a concentration in intersectionality, women's health, gender equity in professionalism, and the #MeToo movement.
Grow social media to over 2000 followers to advocate for intersectional feminism
UCLA WOMEN'S RUGBY
Student Athlete
Engaged in UCLA team rugby practices, matches, and tournaments