...I was born in Brussels, and as that is part of the French-speaking portion of Belgium, I grew up with a native accent and I went to a French-speaking school through third grade, at which point we moved to Austria. I later did undergraduate and graduate coursework in French translation, linguisti... (read more)
My expertise is in helping college students and adults achieve their goals in all things English. I have decades of experience teaching the many facets of English as a corporate consultant, adjunct professor, and volunteer with non-profit literacy centers. I have a Ph.D. in adult education, with s... (read more)
...These lessons use a multi-sensory and phonemic awareness that is unique to each student's needs. I have previously taught my two children at home for 13 years, and have been tutoring one-on-one in person for the past year. I have over 100 hrs of supervised tutoring students and mentoring in a Multi-Sensory approach to teaching people with dyslexia. (read more)
...I assisted her to build confidence in herself and her ability to tackle the problems by learning how to solve the problem rather than just trying to get an answer. Once she was able to see how to solve a problem her scores improved. Jennifer passed the test and is now a certified early childhood teacher in the state of Minnesota. (read more)
...I am particularly interested in helping younger people learn the grantwriting trade. Feedback from various workshops I've facilitated have been very positive and people express a great need for this service. I have authored many successful grant proposals and am good at responding to prompts, directions, required content, etc. in a way that has gotten the attention of many funders. (read more)