Hailing from Brooklyn, I studied chemistry and creative writing in college and planned to go straight to medical school. I took a couple of years off in between to tutor and teach in a nearby school for under-served youth. I mostly tutored chemistry and biology at that time. Although I will say I sometimes broke out an English lesson mid chemistry class.

I then started medical school and after my first year tutored the incoming classes in anatomy and physiology. My love of teaching never ...