Meet Our Tutors
Kaplan Premier's tutors are the foundation of our service.
Having graduated our rigorous training and development program,
they all share the same level of excellence: near-perfect scores
(in the 95th percentile or above), previous instructional
experience, and—most importantly—the ability to create an
interactive one-on-one learning environment based on the
individual needs of each student.
Here are just a few of the tutors who work with Kaplan Premier
students in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. At the onset of any
tutoring program, your Academic Coordinator will conduct our
Tutor Matching Interview to find the best
possible tutor for your child.
Fara I.
Subjects Tutored: SAT Math, Critical Reading, and Writing; ACT Math, Science, Reading, English, and Writing; SSAT Math, Verbal, and Essay
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Over one year teaching and tutoring with Kaplan; approximately three years of previous experience in various subject areas. (Biology, Math) Taught several classes in churches (mostly teenagers)
Degrees Earned: B.S. Biology (UTA)
Fun Fact: I have been within ten feet of a nesting alligator in the Everglades!
Hobbies/Passions: Studying the ocean, snorkeling/scuba diving, hiking, camping, singing.
Favorite KP Experience: One of my greatest joys in life is to share knowledge with others and see them put it to use and succeed. It has been especially rewarding to help students in areas that I once struggled in myself. I have experienced this with several of my Kaplan students (for example, one girl who achieved a full scholarship to the college of her choice, due largely in part to her ACT score), and I look forward to helping many others do the same. **Has had a student's score go up 500 points**
Patrick P.
Subjects Tutored: SAT Math/Verbal/Writing, ACT Math/English/Reading/Science, ISEE, SSAT
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Nearly 4 years of one-on-one teaching and tutoring experience in the pre-college field.
Degrees Earned: B.S. in Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University
Fun Fact: Even though I was valedictorian of my high school class, several of my fellow students saw me as the class clown!
Hobbies/Passions: Playing basketball, skiing, traveling, politics, movies, fantasy football
Favorite KP Experience: I love receiving phone calls from parents of kids I've tutored/taught who have attained the scores they were looking for so that they could get into their top schools! The rewarding feeling you get from these calls can't be beat!
Faith M.
Subjects Tutored: PSAT Verbal, SAT Verbal, ACT Verbal
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Faith has been tutoring since she was in high school, and has worked with a variety of students. She taught English and Religious Studies classes at a bilingual high school in Honduras for a year before joining the Kaplan team. Aside from her test preparation experience, Faith has taught or tutored Spanish, English as a Second Language, Classical Greek, and piano.
Degrees Earned: B.S. in Church Ministries, Southwestern University; M.Div. with concentration in Biblical Languages, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.
Fun Fact: Faith was born in Kenya and has an identical twin sister.
Hobbies/Passions: Traveling, cooking, playing the piano, watching movies or soccer games
Favorite KP Experience: "I arrived at a student's house during a torrential storm, and by the time I reached the front door, I was completely soaked. Her mother wrapped me up in a towel and made me hot chocolate." :)
Brittany D.
Subjects Tutored: SAT-Math/Verbal/Writing, GRE
Educational background: I graduated a year early from Lewisville High School in 2006 as the Salutatorian of the class of '06 and current Valedictorian of the class of '07. I am halfway through my undergraduate degree at Texas Woman's University in Family Studies. I plan on attending graduate school in Denton beginning in the summer of 2010.
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Brittany came to Kaplan in January 2008 and quickly established herself as one of Kaplan's most successful tutors. Her students' score increases attest to her dynamic abilities as both a Kaplan tutor and teacher.
Hobbies/Passions: I have a 3-month old Morkie puppy that keeps my husband and I very busy! I love hanging out with my family during the weekends and working with my husband in the yard. We just bought our first home, and we're quickly learning how much time a home takes to upkeep!
Favorite KP Experience: After completing a Kaplan SAT classroom package, my sister-in-law brought her SAT score up to a 2220 from an 1840!
Jeff
Subjects Tutored: SAT Math and Verbal
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Extensive tutoring experience throughout high school and college in various academic subjects from Calculus to English before joining the Kaplan team.
Degrees Earned: Will complete a B.S. in Neuroscience at the University of Texas at Dallas in May 2009.
Fun Fact: When you're trying to remember things for a test, you're using an area of your brain called the hippocampus - a seahorse shaped structure responsible for the consolidation of new memories. I study the memory and the hippocampus in my lab on campus.
Hobbies/Passions: Memory and the mind, reading good books, acting, writing, daydreaming and traveling.
Favorite KP Experience: Guiding a struggling student through a tough problem and seeing the "Ah-ha!" moment on his or her face when how to get the answer finally clicks.
Jai G.
Subjects Tutored: SAT Math, SAT Verbal, SAT Writing, DAT Biology and Perceptual Ability and Quantitative Reasoning, MCAT
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Jai's experience as a biology teaching assistant at his university has made him a valuable asset to Kaplan.
Degrees Earned: Jai is finishing his undergraduate degree in biology at Austin College.
Fun Fact: "I like Nicholas Sparks!"
Hobbies/Passions: Reading, listening to and writing music
Favorite KP Experience: "Meeting the students!"
