PrepNow Tutor - Anjali B.
Anjali is a lifelong learner and literacy enthusiast with several years of experience helping students build confidence in the classroom. She has several years of experience working with students in early literacy (K-5) and sciences, particularly chemistry.
Anjali earned a BS in clinical and translational sciences with a minor in Chinese language and culture from the University of Rochester; she has completed her first year of a medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine, where she served as an executive board member of the class council. After graduating with her bachelor’s, she spent her gap year as a clinical research coordinator for the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Department of Surgery Hepatopancreatobiliary Division, where she primarily worked on liver transplant research, acquired patient/family consent, processed organ samples, and ensured IRB compliance.
In 2025, she began working as an Early Literacy Interventionist with a national tutoring company specializing in elementary-level literacy. In this role, she specializes in one-on-one phonics and reading instruction with 3rd and 4th-graders. “I have seen several students go from being unable to recognize sight words to reading full sentences. This has brought me a lot of pride because reading is so important, regardless of what someone plans to do in the future,” she shares.
She began teaching and tutoring organic chemistry 2 as an undergraduate. “I struggled during my first semester of organic chemistry, but I received one of the highest grades in my class during the second semester. It motivated me to help students who also felt as if they lacked that innate ‘good at science’ quality,” she reflects.
Anjali is all about dedicated, hands-on practice to build confidence and promote critical thinking. “I personally prefer the ‘learn by doing’ style of teaching, primarily because that is the way I learn best,” she says. When it comes to study skills and test prep, she’s adept at figuring out the best strategies to maximize each student’s strengths and reduce anxiety. “I think it is always important for students to get lots of practice because it builds confidence in their ability to solve problems; having that faith in their own ability to figure things out is a tremendous help in a stressful situation like on test day,” she notes.
In high School, she played club soccer and was in choir, orchestra, and jazz band, where she played upright bass. Outside college classrooms, she acted in musical theatre productions and was president of a mentorship group for high schoolers. In addition to TA-ing organic chemistry, she was an Emergency Department Research Associate and an ED Medical Assistant.
These days, she enjoys crafting, including embroidery, card-making, watercolor, and pencil drawing. She’s also a fan of video games like Minecraft, Valorant, and Stardew Valley. Fun fact: she’s been studying Mandarin since middle school.
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