Statistics nerd
Elena M.
College
I make statistics about judgment, not button pushing.
What we can work on
- Statistics
- Data Literacy
- Economics
- Education
- UCLAB.S. in Statistics, minor in Public Health (M.S. Data Science in progress)
- Hometown
- Tucson, Arizona
Learning with Elena
How we’ll work together
“Most students don't struggle with stats — they struggle with stats taught as disconnected formulas.”
I show you the question behind every test: what are we actually trying to find out? Once the 'why' is there, the math is the easy part.
A little background
Elena’s story
The daughter of an ER nurse, Elena grew up surrounded by numbers that actually meant something — patient outcomes, not abstractions. She hated statistics until a professor reframed it as 'the science of being less wrong,' and now she teaches it with basketball box scores and real public-health data instead of dice and urns. She salsa dances competitively and runs a fantasy league she takes far too seriously.
What students say
1,662 ratings“AP Stats made zero sense until Elena. She used NBA stats to explain hypothesis testing and it just clicked. Got a 5.”
“I'm a nursing student who'd avoided my stats requirement for two years. Elena got me a B+ and I actually understood it.”
“She's incredibly patient and never makes you feel stupid for asking. Confidence intervals finally make sense.”
Before your first session
How does Elena run a Statistics session?
Elena adapts each Statistics session to the student's current assignment, exam, or goal.
Can this nerd remember past sessions?
Yes. Nerdy can save important notes, goals, preferences, and breakthroughs so future sessions can pick up with more context.
Can I get practice tests and study materials?
Yes. The session toolbox can generate practice tests, flashcards, diagrams, and study notes when they fit the lesson.