Meet the Team at Mathnasium of Tallahassee

The Mathnasium of Tallahassee Instructor Team

The Mathnasium of Tallahassee math instructor team is passionate about math education and math tutoring. Our passion to inspire children, fused with our knowledge of math, creates extraordinary experiences for our students. We make math make sense. We make math fun! The process to become a member of the Mathnasium of Tallahassee instructor team includes: All of our math instructors go through an extensive interview process which includes an evaluation of their ability to work with students. It's one thing to be knowledgeable in math, but we ensure our instructors have the ability to breakdown and teach math to students in elementary, middle and high school. After successfully completing the interview, instructors must then pass a math test to validate their math resume. Before officially being hired, Mathnasium of Tallahassee instructors go through a background check. Upon joining the team, our math instructors go through an extensive training process that includes understanding the Mathnasium Method, best practices in math education, techniques for successful math tutoring, and proven strategies for working with students of different abilities to create a personalized math tutoring session. Whether the student is advanced and gifted, on level and needs help staying there, or needs help catching up, our instructors are trained to ensure children have a successful productive experience at Mathnasium of Tallahassee. Our instructor team is made up of individuals who are currently studying at Florida State University, Florida A&M, recent college graduates and professionals who are seeking to share their love of math and spend time after their full-time jobs working with students at Mathnasium of Tallahassee.

Laura

Laura earned a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry from the University of Mississippi in 2007. After working as a forensic scientist for several years, she returned to academia and earned a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2017. In addition to the quantitative analysis coursework required by her chemistry degree program, mathematics-specific courses in college included Calculus and Analytical Geometry I & II as well as Statistics. Graduate-level coursework included Biostatistics. Laura and her family have lived in Tallahassee for over six years. She and her husband have two daughters who attend Leon County Schools. Laura routinely volunteers in the classroom and for various activities hosted by the local schools. It always brings a smile to her face to see her Mathnasium students at school events, where she cheers for them just as loudly as she does for her own children.

Christina

Christina Dickerson is vibrant and compassionate in the workplace and uses her positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard and succeed. She is inspired by her desire for virtue and strives to nurture and cherish the lives of those around her. It's as her favorite author, J.R.R Tolkien said, "It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folks that keep darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." She strives to be a light in the darkness, and to remind everyone of their endless potential.