...I'm especially skilled at helping students feel empowered as they become confident writers. I have experience working with students on: college application essays, middle and high school in-school essays and English assignments, private school entrance essays, summer program applications and cre... (read more)
...Control the things that you can (gaining knowledge and skills, effort, self-awareness) and ignore the things that you can't (grades, jobs, social perception)--principled pragmatism. Random facts: I've coached high school basketball, I'm a classically trained pianist, backyard trained BBQ pit mas... (read more)
...That’s why trying to memorize a long list of words or trying to learn English simply by learning grammar doesn’t work!
• You’ll learn faster when you are in a Low Anxiety Environment. The reason why I’ll ALWAYS make you feel as comfortable as possible during our classes! And also because I’m super nice! (read more)
...My students have included high schoolers earning early college credits, new and seasoned undergraduates, and adult learners. My course topics have spanned fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, the personal essay, the research essay, business and technical communications, memoir, and academic inf... (read more)
...I earned my Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from the California Institute of the Arts and my Bachelor of Fine Arts in English from San Francisco State University. I have several years of experience as an Instructor of English Language Arts and Creative Writing for K-12 and adult students. Wh... (read more)