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author: brittny b. stringfield

brittny b. stringfield
brittny is a test prep expert at magoosh with almost a decade of experience in test prep and tutoring. throughout her tutoring and test prep career, brittny has helped hundreds of students seeking to improve their scores on the sat, act, gre, and gmat reach their goals. brittny also taught business and healthcare courses at a technical college for seven years and was the recipient of the 2016 instructor of the year for the technical college system of georgia. outside of her test prep career, brittny works in population health in atlanta, georgia and runs a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to mentoring college-aged students. brittny graduated summa cum laude with her b.s. in nuclear medicine with a minor in psychology from old dominion university in norfolk, virginia and earned her mba and mha from georgia state university. come join brittny and the magoosh team on youtube, facebook, and instagram, or connect with her via linkedin!

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