Founder, Smart Mentor Prep
Arthur “Art” Hernandez
- Education
- B.S. Neuroscience & Physiology, UC San Diego
- Experience
- Tutoring since 2013; founded Smart Mentor Prep in 2018
- Specialty
- Chemistry, alongside math, biology, physics, and test prep
- Based in
- University City, San Diego
How he teaches
While teaching at UCSD, Art was mentored by a discipline-based education researcher. That training, together with his background in neuroscience, shapes how he sequences material and builds practice. His goal is a student who doesn’t need him anymore.
Where his students have gone
Stanford · UCLA · NYU · University of Chicago
among many others.
He has taught students from these schools:
High schools
- Torrey Pines
- Canyon Crest Academy
- La Jolla High
- Scripps Ranch
- The Bishop's School
- Francis Parker
- La Jolla Country Day
- Cathedral Catholic
- Coronado High School
- Saint Augustine
Colleges
- UC San Diego
- Tulane
- San Diego State
- San Diego Mesa College
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo