PrepNow Tutor - Cecilia C.
A highly logical and organized tutor, Cecilia is passionate about making the world a better place through lifelong learning and corresponding action. She holds a BS summa cum laude in statistics and economics from George Washington University. After graduating, Cecilia worked as a quantitative economics and statistics consultant for a Big Four accounting firm. “Though I enjoyed using my quantitative, research, and coding skills, I realized I was not satisfied with this work and instead want a career in which I am tangibly helping people every day,” Cecilia reflects. It is now her goal to become a librarian and to get a master's degree in library science. “Tutoring allows me to build my skills in education while feeling satisfied in my work,” she explains. “It feels meaningful to help students figure out what they would like to study and where they would like to attend college, as I do the same with library science programs.”
Cecilia started tutoring as a freshman in high school at a learning center. “I was always helping my friends understand concepts in our math classes, so I wanted to use those skills in a formal setting,” she says. In college, Cecilia continued tutoring after her professors encouraged her to join her campus tutoring center and also referred students in need of private tutoring to her. “I love helping students find the same joy in learning that I experience, especially seeing a student go from hating a subject or thinking they are bad at it to feeling confident in their knowledge and wanting to pursue the subject further,” Cecilia says. She is particularly proud of helping one student, who was considering dropping their economics major, succeed in an economic development course, gaining the confidence to continue with the major.
Throughout her tutoring career, Cecilia has worked with students from kindergarten through college in math, English, macroeconomics and microeconomics, computer science, and more. “My teaching is led by the philosophy that each student is different and requires a unique approach to learning,” Cecilia says. “I put an emphasis on listening and patience to truly get to know my students and figure out how they learn best. Remaining flexible in my teaching methods means I can adjust to the specific needs of each student and develop new strategies for tutoring as the student grows.”
In high school, Cecilia was a member of the color guard team, played the flute in band, and competed in scholastic bowl. In college, she was a member of a community service sorority and the Association for Women in Math. Outside of school, she took ballet classes.
Cecilia was awarded the Division Excellence Award by the Supervision and Regulation Division of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve for her contributions throughout her internship, and she also won GW's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Scholar Award.
Cecilia is an avid reader, considers herself a very crafty person, and loves to do yoga, walk outside, play the flute, and complete puzzles with her parents. She has a tuxedo cat named Biscuit. “I pride myself on my patience and ability to understand the perspective of others,” Cecilia says. Cecilia is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the US.
|