I am a published author, MFA graduate, and college English instructor with more than ten years of experience teaching writing, literature, research, rhetoric, and argumentation. I earned my MFA in Creative Writing from Northwestern University and my MA in English from DePaul University, and I have taught college-level writing courses at institutions including Oakton College and Loyola University Chicago. My background allows me to support students not only with grammar and sentence clarity,...
I am a published author, MFA graduate, and college English instructor with more than ten years of experience teaching writing, literature, research, rhetoric, and argumentation. I earned my MFA in Creative Writing from Northwestern University and my MA in English from DePaul University, and I have taught college-level writing courses at institutions including Oakton College and Loyola University Chicago. My background allows me to support students not only with grammar and sentence clarity, but also with the deeper skills that make writing stronger: organization, analysis, evidence, style, and confidence.
As a tutor, I work with high school students, college students, adult learners, and writers who want thoughtful, practical help with essays, research papers, personal statements, reading responses, literary analysis, and application materials. My teaching approach is supportive, direct, and individualized. I help students understand what their assignment is really asking, develop stronger ideas, create clear thesis statements, organize paragraphs, integrate evidence, and revise sentences so their writing becomes more precise and engaging. I also explain the reasoning behind my feedback so students can apply those skills to future assignments.
My goal is never to erase a student’s voice or simply “fix” a paper for them. Instead, I help students recognize what is already working in their writing and then show them how to make it clearer, more specific, and more persuasive. Whether a student is struggling to begin an essay, organize a research paper, revise a draft, or polish a final version, I bring the experience of both a teacher and a working writer to each session.
