About Cathy

Meet Cathy Eagen, a highly qualified mathematics tutor who teaches students techniques and strategies to be successful in math.  With a deeper understanding students will make connections and take ownership of their mathematical knowledge while gaining confidence, efficiency and accuracy in solving problems.

Cathy has 25 years of classroom experience teaching mathematics in public high schools, including Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology and Hayfield Secondary School with Fairfax County Public Schools in northern Virginia.  She has taught for 9 years in Durango, Colorado at Animas High School, Durango High School and Fort Lewis College.  Cathy has taught AB & BC Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Algebra 2 & Trigonometry and Geometry, as well as computer science programming.

​​For 11 years she has been an Advanced Placement Calculus reader spending a week every summer grading free response questions for the College Board which gives her a unique experience learning how to help students be successful on the AP Calculus exam.
Experience matters: Successful outcomes for students are positively impacted by educators with experience who are supportive while also having rigorous and high expectations.

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When Cathy is not teaching she enjoys working on stained glass projects, riding her road or mountain bike, snowboarding, cheering on her husband and son while they compete in various mountain bike and cyclo-cross races or just enjoying the outdoors in Durango, Colorado.