Hello everyone. My name is Rio and I'm from Santa Cruz Bolivia.

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I, uh, graduated high school there in 2010,

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and then I went to the United States to the University of Arkansas to pursue a

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career in chemical engineering. I graduated college in 2017,

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and then I worked for a year as a,

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a quality control analyst for a brewery. Uh,

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after that I made my transition into teaching,

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and I've been teaching subjects such as AP Calculus and AP chemistry for four

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years now at different international schools. Um,

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I am very passionate about teaching. I always have been,

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and I have used it as my main method of learning material

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through college. Uh,

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I do believe that if you're able to explain something to someone,

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then that means that you truly understand the topic. Um,

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my students are normally able to tell that I'm really passionate about the

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subjects that I teach,

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and the idea is to make you and everybody else feel the same way.

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Eh, I normally start my sessions,

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my classes with three to five minute conversation with my students.

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I need to understand what they're looking for.

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Maybe they just want to practice a little bit more before a international test,

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eh, such as the advanced placement.

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Maybe they're brand new to the topic and they need me to develop a personalized,

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um, lesson plan for them. Or maybe they need, uh,

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help with a specific curriculum of their own. Um,

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the idea and my main goal is to make you think critically and be able to figure

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out different methods of solving problems. And not only that,

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but understanding them enough to be able to apply them in the real world.

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I want you to understand how these are used in the industry,

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eh,

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and feel strong whenever you go to college or even to your own professional

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career. Eh,

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I'm very excited to be here and I'm going to be with you in every step of the

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way.

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