Steve Rutherford attended UNC-Chapel Hill, where he received a bachelor's degree in middle school education with a focus on science and math. He taught both math and science at Daniel's Middle School from 1993-2005, and then math and science at Cathedral school from 2007-present. Steve hasprivately tutored high school and elementary students in math and science since 1993 as well, from 6th grade math up to pre-calculus and earth science up to physics. He is certified by Raleigh tutoring to do both ACT and SAT math and science tutoring.