Felicia Tam
Black Diamond Tutor
Meet Felicia
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- Location
- South Lake Tahoe, CA
Test Prep & Subjects
Mathematics
Biography
Felicia Tam is an exceptionally skilled and qualified tutor of Math and Physics with an unusual ability to connect with a wide range of students. She was the valedictorian of her Boston-area high school class and elected to attend Stanford University as an undergraduate. At Stanford, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Physics, Felicia was a member of her dorm staff as the resident math and physics tutor her junior and senior years. She continued her studies of physics at Rice University, earning her master’s and Ph.D. in physics while conducting nanomaterials research. During her graduate studies, Felicia also led undergraduate physics tutorials and taught physics lab sections.
After graduate school, Felicia worked as a nanomaterials scientists in Silicon Valley while continuing to teach part-time. As she gradually realized that she found teaching more rewarding than research, she switched her focus to teaching full-time. In addition to teaching test prep, she is a math and physics professor at community colleges near Lake Tahoe, where the skiing and snowboarding are outstanding.
Felicia started teaching for a leading national test-preparation company in 2002. eventually taking on additional roles as a trainer and content developer before her 2018 departure. Most of her teaching and tutoring of late has been done online, although she will at times leave her mountain abode to teach and tutor in the areas surrounding the Tahoe basin.
Among the qualities that students appreciate most about Felicia is her ability to empathize with their struggles and her skill at adapting her teaching to suit their individual needs.
Education
Stanford University
Bachelor of Science, Physics
Rice University
Doctor of Philosophy, Physics
What families say
Our daughter began working with Ms. Tam last fall, about a month into the academic year. She was down on herself and her abilities after a rough first month of Honors Physics at an academically rigorous Bay Area school. Within the first few weeks of partnering with Ms. Tam, she was more confident because of Felicia's support and skill. The time with Ms. Tam was transformative. Not only did our daughter acquire the strategies necessary to tackle the most difficult of problem sets, she gained insight into managing stress around the unexpected and a self-belief that buoyed her across academic domains. Though the grade was not the goal, our daughter earned an A in her class. And she walked away not only with a knowledge of physics, but with a set of tools in her wheelhouse that will serve her well in high school and beyond. We highly recommend Ms. Tam and Inspirica Pros.
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