Hi! My name is Travis and I’m a graduate of Stuyvesant High School and NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a concentration in political psychology and social justice. I am Big Sibs’ resident chess tutor and have been playing the game since I was 5. Growing up, I went to many tournaments, with my highlight being my middle school team tying for first place at Youth Nationals! I quit competitive chess by high school, but have still been playing casually ever since. I also have experience tutoring elementary math and algebra for two years when I was in high school, and spent a year helping teach kids about climate justice at the Sixth Street Community Center’s after-school program for elementary schoolers. At Big Sib Tutors I specialize in teaching middle schoolers all kinds of subjects, including chess, math, Spanish, and the SHSAT.

Going forward I’m excited to continue working with kids and teach them the wonders of the millennia old game known as chess! 

Education

University: New York University

Undergraduate Major: Individualized Study (Concentration in Political Psychology) 

Other Degrees/Minors: Psychology Minor

High School: Stuyvesant High School