Helping students read critically and communicate powerfully has been my career-long passion. After graduating with a BA in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard College, I earned my Masters in The Teaching of English at Columbia Teachers College and have now been teaching secondary school English for more than fifteen years. I have experience tutoring reading, writing, and standardized test preparation, and have taught college application essay writing professionally as...
Helping students read critically and communicate powerfully has been my career-long passion. After graduating with a BA in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard College, I earned my Masters in The Teaching of English at Columbia Teachers College and have now been teaching secondary school English for more than fifteen years. I have experience tutoring reading, writing, and standardized test preparation, and have taught college application essay writing professionally as well. I have experience working with students ages 5-20 from diverse backgrounds with wide-ranging needs and goals as well as varied learning profiles.
My strength lies in how I infuse my passion for language and literature with incisive understanding of a student's individual needs. I meet each student where they are, breaking their goals into the concrete, manageable strategies that will make their aspirations attainable. While I am happy to help a student with any immediate need, my ever-present priority will be that you leave a session having established independent mastery of foundational skills that will support long-term success.
