Hi there! I’m Laura, the face behind Zilker Prep. While I have a technical background, with an undergraduate degree in Physics and a graduate degree in Engineering from Stanford University, I have always been drawn to teaching. Alongside my own research and classes, I always taught - starting with a snow skiing class in undergrad and moving on to everything from ethics to PhD engineering classes as a graduate student. During my time at Stanford I was named the outstanding teaching assistant in my engineering department.

I’ve also taught extensively outside of the university environment. I started two decades ago before graduate school teaching GMAT, MCAT, and SAT at a major test prep company. Since then I’ve taught consistently, including at an elite test prep company at which I received the ’Teacher of the Year’ award. I have traveled all over the world to teach, and have both trained other instructors and developed teaching material and practice tests for multiple companies. I’ve received 99%+ scores on the SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, and LSAT.