...Wellesley (BA), Columbia (MA English, Comp. Lit.), Pace (M.Ed.) and Johns Hopkins (Writing Seminars MFA Fiction -- Owen Fellow). Advised JHU fellowship applicants. Taught APs and college essay 10 years at top HSs.1. (read more)
...I was elected as the Best Writing Consultant for the 2015-2016 year. For the past eight years, I have worked as an adjunct instructor at a university teaching ESL courses, including coursed on grammar and a course on academic writing. I am an experienced tutor and teacher for any level of stude... (read more)
...I like to make grammar and vocabulary fun for my students, showing them how words fit together like puzzle pieces to convey information or to provoke an emotion. I help my students develop and fine-tune vocabulary-expansion skills, showing them how to look for language roots and how to infer fro... (read more)
...I work with students of all ages, and I strive to provide a supportive, safe, and encouraging environment for learning and exploration. Some of the forms of reading and writing in which I specialize include effective research strategies and keywords; reading literature; expository, analytical, a... (read more)
...I have most evenings after 3:30 pm available as I work full-time, 7:30 - 3:30. Through my experience as both a student (college & graduate school) and as a father (tutoring my daughter), I believe in practice, practice and more practice to become better at any one subject. I believe in positive... (read more)