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English and creative writing tutor with experience in AP, IB, IGCSE
Alejandra G.

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I'm Alejandra, a playwright and dramaturg with a background in academic and creative writing across international contexts. I completed my secondary education through the IGCSE and IB programmes, including Higher Level English Literature and Theatre. I hold a BFA in Directing with Honors from The New School's School of Drama, and I now work professionally as a dramaturg and playwright, analyzing scripts and developing writers' work.

My tutoring has been one-on-one and online. One adult...

I'm Alejandra, a playwright and dramaturg with a background in academic and creative writing across international contexts. I completed my secondary education through the IGCSE and IB programmes, including Higher Level English Literature and Theatre. I hold a BFA in Directing with Honors from The New School's School of Drama, and I now work professionally as a dramaturg and playwright, analyzing scripts and developing writers' work.

My tutoring has been one-on-one and online. One adult student, a data-driven project manager preparing for a career move, had self-assessed as a beginner on her intake form, but I found her actual fluency was much higher; her real obstacle was register, not ability, so we worked on shifting from casual, direct-translation phrasing into polished professional English for meetings, negotiations, and job interviews, alongside recurring grammar patterns like article use and past tense. A second adult student, already advanced, was closer to a C1 to C2 level and wanted refine his casual conversation, and build confidence rather than fundamentals.

I've also tutored a fifteen-year-old IB student on an original full-length play written as her CAS project, building a curriculum from scratch and researching historical and feminist source material and comparable playwrights to strengthen her craft. Across these students, ranging from teenagers to working adults, I tailor each session to where a student actually is rather than what a form says, and I track progress against concrete goals over multiple months rather than teaching generically.

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Education

The New School
Directing

Additional Languages

French

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Creative Writing

Creative Writing

I am a working playwright whose original plays explore myth, colonial history, and the imperfections of femininity, including a full-length historical drama centered on La Malinche, another rooted in Mexica mythology, and several short plays that serve as adaptations of famous Spanish playwrights and their explorations of the Don Juan character/myth. I served as dramaturg on the world premiere of Hungry Women, which ran at SoHo Playhouse and starred Tony Award nominee Julia Lester, work that involved developing scenes directly with the playwright and supporting industry outreach around the production. I have also collaborated as a co-writer and dramaturg on several feature film treatments, producing a full revision plan for the project from concept through structure, character arcs, thematic relevance to the times and viability. This combination of original playwriting, professional dramaturgy on a produced New York premiere, and film development gives me direct experience with the creative writing process across multiple forms and stages, from a first draft to an opening night.
English

English

I work professionally as a playwright and dramaturg, where precise command of English is central to my work. My professional practice requires close attention to grammar, syntax, diction, tone, clarity, and how language communicates meaning to an audience, both in my own writing and in developing other writers’ work. I have also tutored English learners one-on-one, adapting instruction to their individual communication needs and helping them develop greater accuracy, confidence, and fluency. This combination of professional writing practice and individualized language instruction gives me a strong foundation for tutoring English.
Fiction Writing

Fiction Writing

I am a professional playwright and dramaturg whose work centers on building stories from the ground up, often beginning with imagined people, events, and circumstances that must be developed into a coherent narratives. Through original plays, adaptations, and feature film treatments, I have worked extensively on character development, narrative structure, conflict, pacing, voice, world-building, and thematic development, shaping an initial idea into a complete story. As a dramaturg, I also work directly with writers to identify what a story is trying to accomplish and develop revisions that make its characters, structure, and emotional progression stronger. This experience gives me a practical foundation for helping students move from a blank page or initial idea toward a fully developed piece of fiction.
Grammar

Grammar

I have developed my command of English grammar through formal education, university study, professional writing, and practical language work. My training began with IGCSE and International Baccalaureate English coursework, including Higher Level English Literature, and continued through my BFA at The New School, where I worked extensively with written and spoken communication. I also served as a Grammarian in Toastmasters, where I was responsible for listening closely to speakers, identifying grammatical usage and language patterns, and providing feedback on their use of English. As a professional playwright and dramaturg, I continue to work closely with sentence construction, syntax, diction, and the precise use of language, giving me both the technical foundation and practical experience to help students strengthen their understanding of English grammar.
Literature

Literature

I completed Higher Level English Literature through the International Baccalaureate, studying American, British, and international literature through sustained close reading, textual analysis, and comparative study. My academic reading included works such as The Handmaid’s Tale, In Cold Blood, Persepolis, Woman at Point Zero, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold, alongside major literary classics including East of Eden, 1984, Wuthering Heights, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as poetry. As a professional playwright and dramaturg, I continue to analyze literature and dramatic texts through historical, thematic, structural, and character-based lenses, bringing both formal literary training and professional interpretive practice to my teaching.
Proofreading

Proofreading

My professional work as a playwright and dramaturg requires me to read written material closely and evaluate whether it is ready to be shared, submitted, or produced. For over 7 years, I have proofread and reviewed scripts, feature film treatments, dramaturgical documents, academic writing, and other materials, looking for inconsistencies, omissions, typographical errors, unclear passages, formatting problems, and places where the final document does not accurately communicate the writer’s intent. At The New School, I also developed the ability to review creative work through multiple stages of drafting and revision, while my professional dramaturgical practice has required detailed feedback on other writers’ work. When proofreading, I prioritize accuracy and consistency while preserving the author’s voice rather than rewriting the work into my own style.
Reading

Reading

As a professional dramaturg and playwright, I regularly analyze complex texts to identify meaning, structure, context, characterization, and the relationship between individual details and the larger work. My dramaturgical practice requires careful close reading and the ability to distinguish what a text explicitly establishes from what can reasonably be inferred from it. I have also guided students through reading and analysis of literary and dramatic texts, helping them develop strategies for comprehension and interpretation rather than simply providing answers. This professional experience directly supports my ability to teach reading comprehension, textual analysis, and critical reading skills.
Theater

Theater

I work professionally as a dramaturg and playwright, analyzing scripts and developing writers' work at 2OAKS Productions, with film development credits at Sony Pictures and Agora. I hold a BFA in Directing with Honors from The New School's School of Drama, where I trained with faculty who are working playwrights and dramaturgs. I've tutored a teenage student one-on-one through an original full-length play written for her IB CAS project, building a curriculum from scratch and guiding her through structure, character, and voice. My approach mirrors the process I use with professional writers: identifying what a scene or character is really trying to do, then guiding revision toward that.
Writing

Writing

I completed my secondary education through the IGCSE and IB programmes, including Higher Level English Literature, which gave me a rigorous foundation in textual analysis and essay writing. I've tutored high school students one-on-one on essay structure and argument development within AP, IB, and IGCSE curricula, and worked with college-level and adult students on research papers and personal statements. My approach is to work backward from a student's thesis, testing whether each paragraph actually supports it before touching grammar or style. I focus on helping students understand how to build and structure an argument, not just correct what's already on the page.
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