Welcome! I graduated as Valedictorian from St. Joseph’s University, Brooklyn, with my bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in English with Secondary Education and received my master’s in English from Queens College.
I have 20+ years of teaching experience, first as a middle school ELA teacher with a NYS permanent teaching license in English 7-12, and currently on the college undergraduate level as a Senior Lecturer in English and Communication Studies. The courses I teach include the...
Welcome! I graduated as Valedictorian from St. Joseph’s University, Brooklyn, with my bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in English with Secondary Education and received my master’s in English from Queens College.
I have 20+ years of teaching experience, first as a middle school ELA teacher with a NYS permanent teaching license in English 7-12, and currently on the college undergraduate level as a Senior Lecturer in English and Communication Studies. The courses I teach include the freshman writing course required in most universities, along with creative writing, writing for professionals, and children’s literature. I am also a published writer and was a finalist for a grant from the Speculative Literature Foundation.
As an experienced educator and writer, I am passionate about cultivating young people’s unique writing voices. For college application essays, I work with students to shape their writing into well-crafted, personalized, and compelling essays – work that makes them stand out in the highly-competitive world of college admissions. I provide conferences for brainstorming ideas, writing the hook, and planning structure, as well as in-depth written feedback with conferences to discuss and revise drafts together, and proofreading for grammar and mechanics for a polished final copy.
My goals are to ease the stress of the writing process, help students gain confidence in their writing, and make the experience a positive and successful one – wherever you are in the essay writing process! A college student notably evaluated me as “the most genuine, caring, respectful, and organized teacher ever.”
I also offer coaching for various middle school, high school, and undergraduate writing, including persuasive writing, non-fiction and literature analysis, critical writing, creative writing, personal narratives, and the AP Lang and AP Lit essays.
Message me to discuss what support you are looking for in your writing process. I look forward to working with you to make your writing shine!
