...I absolutely love working with kids and seeing them progress. I push my kids to believe that they are capable of doing so much more than they thought possible, and seeing that lightbulb go off is an incredibly rewarding experience. Kids often arrive to tutoring sessions or English classrooms wi... (read more)
...Over my almost 20 years of teaching and tutoring, I have helped many students, and even adults with idea generation, proof-reading, and fine-tuning their writing skills. I get really excited about writing well, and enjoy the process. I am a National Merit Scholar, achieving a 740 on my SAT Reading exam. (read more)
...The writing projects ranged from short essays to research papers that constituted an entire semester's grade. During graduate studies at Vermont College of Fine Arts, proofreading and critiquing fellow students' work honed my skills. Additionally, I completed both creative and critical theses. (read more)
...This is why I believe in the value and effectiveness of tutoring. In teaching high school, I find there is a deeper opportunity to both connect with and teach students. So many of my college students arrive in the classroom struggling to express themselves in their writing, to correctly employ grammar, and to both comprehend and critically analyze what they are reading. (read more)