...In the summer, I also teach high school and middle school students at the Iowa Young Writers' Studio and the Iowa Youth Writing Project, respectively. My interest in writing started from the age of twelve, when I used to write poems for family members on their birthday cards. As I grew up, I kept writing, and went on to pursue my B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. (read more)
...I am semi-retired after teaching high school and middle school Language Arts and Literacy for 29 years. While formal tutoring is new to me, I have tutored countless students to success in the classroom for many years. My passions are literature, basic and advanced writing skills, vocabulary, and grammar, but I also love to teach social studies and history. (read more)