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Timothy Freire

Timothy graduated with a Master of Arts in philosophy from Loyola Marymount University, where he graduated magna cum laude and received their Scholar of the Year award and their prestigious Mayr-Leahy Endowed Scholarship. Before this, Timothy earned a separate Master of Arts degree from New York University in Interdisciplinary Studies, where he focused on religious studies, creative writing, and philosophy. Relatedly, Timothy earned separate Bachelor of Arts degrees in both history and philosophy from the University of Buffalo and the College at Old Westbury.

Timothy has over 10 years of experience working with K-12 and college-aged students. His experiences range from informal summer camps, special-needs day camps, and after-school enrichment settings, to formal academic private tutoring and counseling. Timothy has taught classes in writing, reading, study skills, critical thinking, and related subjects, and more specific subjects such as middle school social studies to lecturing college freshmen in philosophy courses.

When working with any student, Timothy identifies issues both personally and academically, especially if these issues are connected and relate to his personal experiences. Besides academic tutoring, Timothy finds it important to bring to bear academic knowledge and connect this to the grounded reality of the everyday life of each student, bringing in counseling principles and techniques, and resources from both philosophy and psychology, which prove to be uniquely beneficial.

Timothy is a published poet and an academic researcher, focusing largely on the benefits of philosophy and how it provides cognitive and life/goal orientation resources for people of any age.

Timothy believes that success, however this is defined, is not mysterious. It comes from hard work, patience, self-awareness, self-actualization, commitment, setting realizable goals, and good habits. Moreover, Timothy derives a deep satisfaction when his students overcome perceived limitations with themselves, reach their own set goals, and realize their own potential.