What is your hometown?
Pearl City, Hawaii
What hobbies, sports, or interests light you up?
I love cooking, baking, and above all, eating. I love trying new recipes and trying new dishes.
What is your specialty as a tutor? What topic, problem, subject, or process do you most enjoy helping students to learn?
As a tutor I love helping students by encouraging them to put effort into understanding and internalizing the content rather than memorizing it just for the sake of getting by. It is challenging to have to think about the why's and how's, but it is so rewarding.
Which of the CLASS 5 Keys – Respect, Inclusion, Growth, Support, and Pizzazz - resonates with you the most and how do you put it into practice in your work as a tutor?
The CLASS key that resonates most with me is support. I always encourage students to take 'risks' and answer my questions even if they're uncertain. It's so easy to feel discouraged after a single mistake, but it is part of the learning experience and the CLASS peer tutoring area is a safe space to make mistakes and learn from them. I always try my best to be approachable to ensure that students walk away from our session with confidence.
What is your best advice for students on how to get the most out of their academic experience in college?
Choose your major and the classes that genuinely interest you and will challenge you. I promise it is so much fun studying things that keep you curious and engaged.
Give us a movie quotation, song lyric, or line from a book that will motivate us in our learning.
"Food will come. Food always comes to those who love to cook." --Ratatouille