• Undergrad:

  California State University, Northridge

• Grad 1:

  Masters, California State University, Northridge

• Tutors Out Of:

  Tarzana, CA

• Travel Radius:

  10 miles

• Tutoring Certifications:

  elementary (k-6th) - English - ESL/ESOL - French - grammar - reading - SAT math - SAT reading - SAT writing - Spanish - theatre - vocabulary - writing

• Tutor's Fee Per Hour:

  $49.50 * with a 10% discount after purchasing $360

I have been a tutor for over twelve years now and I love working one-on-one with students. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing the lightbulb appear above the student's head when he or she finally 'gets it'. My strengths as a tutor include the fact that I am good at communicating with my students, I know how to work at each student's level, and still can get each student to move up to the next level. My specialties are primarily in the field of language---all things English (reading comprehension, grammar, essay-writing skills, vocabulary, literature--you name it), Spanish up through college and French up through at least French II in High School. I have tutored SAT I prep for years successfully for both parts of the English (writing and reading) as well as the math portion, and have helped prep students as well with other standardized tests such as the SAT Spanish subject test, and SAT Literature test, ACT, HSPT, ISEE, and COOP. I have worked with students ranging from 4 years (pre-K preparation) through college (English and Spanish skills primarily for those students).

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• ESL/ESOL

  I have worked with TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages--considered more politically correct these days than ESL) students over the years who needed to improve their English skills. While I find it sometimes easier to work with Spanish-speaking TESOL students as I can communicate more easily with them (I am near fluent in Spanish), I have worked with students from Indonesia and Iran who did speak some English, and I did help them polish their English-speaking skills as well.

• grammar

  This is one crucial element that I addressed in tutoring students in the old SAT II Writing test, and current SAT I test, and I have worked with students of all ages in Language Arts as well as in English 'mechanics' (punctuation, primarily) for many years.

• theatre

  I have been a professional actress most of my life, and have been in some 40+ plays and have studied Theatre Arts both at college as well as been in numerous theatre workshops over the years. I have been in all three major performing unions (SAG/AFTRA/AEA) and am still in two of them, although I am currently on honorable withdrawal from AEA (Actors Equity Association). I have many skills that I feel I can share with a student such as understanding, memorizing, and performing audition monologues and the such. Also, I have read literally hundreds of plays over the years and have even, more recently, written several. I feel that an acting student could benefit from even a short period working with me in preparation for a role at school.