...Between my Masters and PhD, I worked on reading and dyslexia research at Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School and the University of Southern California. Since my PhD, I have taken numerous graduate level classes in linguistics. I have also given professional development workshops on developing grit and growth mindset. (read more)
...I encourage my students to never give up and that we make mistakes all the time and it is just a process to learning and it does not define them as a person. I am patient with my students and I believe that success is available to everyone if they are open and willing to try and put forth the ef... (read more)
...Or picking paper shreds out of the grass with a garbage grabber. (I've done that—it's no fun, believe me.) Maybe it feels like that for you now, but I hope to help you find ways to find words much less painfully. My name is Mara, and I graduated magna cum laude from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Literature, and a minor in Education. I am now working towards a masters in Book Publishing at PSU. (read more)
...I have passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam level N2. I have lived in Japan for years, and I understand the language from both a practical on the ground and textbook learning perspective, a background that helps me to understand the struggles that Japanese language learners go through, ... (read more)
I am a French native speaker and I am a high school teacher. I am very a very patient and knowledgeable French teacher. I have been teaching French for 25 years in elementary, middle and high schools in 4 different countries. (read more)