...I have been teaching in some form since 2012; I started by teaching German, social studies, and English at a Waldorf high school, then transitioned to online tutoring. In January 2020, I returned to the classroom in a charter alternative school, teaching world history. I was there through the worst of the pandemic, pivoting between in person, distance, and combined learning situations. (read more)
...I have my M.A. in English and have taught English and writing at both the secondary and college levels. Currently, I teach college writing at UM. Additionally, I have five years of experience working with students on SAT and ACT English. (read more)
...My success in teaching math to a wide variety of age groups and abilities stems from knowing that anyone can be a "math person." Hard work and determination, combined with a supportive and knowledgeable teacher, guarantee success in the short and long terms. Math and English and writing need to be fun. You learn the best when you are engaged. (read more)
...It's a seven-month writing fellowship for promising writers. Past fellows, of which I am one, have gone on to win things like the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and even the Nobel Prize for Literature. It's sort of a creative writing incubator, and my job there was to organize the resi... (read more)