After 10 years in professional journalism, I pivoted to education, where I began teaching high school English and AP Language and Composition. For the past five years, I've worked with New York City high schoolers to help craft thoughtful, original, technically-pristine, and Ivy League-worthy college essays. My method is one born from my years teaching students with a wide range of writing skills and needs as well as my own professional experiences. As a writer and editor, I worked both full...
After 10 years in professional journalism, I pivoted to education, where I began teaching high school English and AP Language and Composition. For the past five years, I've worked with New York City high schoolers to help craft thoughtful, original, technically-pristine, and Ivy League-worthy college essays. My method is one born from my years teaching students with a wide range of writing skills and needs as well as my own professional experiences. As a writer and editor, I worked both full time and freelance reporting and editing for both print and digital publications, including Slate, Catapult, Literary Hub, Publisher’s Weekly, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, MEL Magazine, Eater, VinePair, InsideHook, Hyperallergic, LA Weekly, Bustle, The Nation, Cultured and more. In 2021, my essay on the links between biodynamic farming and fascism was featured in Best American Food Writing.
As a career changer with a diversity of professional experiences, I am well suited to dive into the psyche of a student's desired essay outcomes. Through voice-to-text, timed excercises, free, writing, and whiteout text-based exercises, I work to eliminate the exterior stressors and anxieties that too-often color the college application process and allow my students to embark on a process that is entirely personal and without distraction.
My students have been accepted to a broad host of colleges and universities, ranging from top SUNY and CUNY schools, including Macaulay Honors College; Little Ivies like Middlebury College and Amherst College; top universities including NYU (full scholarship), Stanford University, and USC (full scholarship); top music conservatories including the Juilliard School and New England Conservatory; and Ivy League universities including Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia.
Outside the classroom, I enjoy theater, music, frequenting museums, and spending time with my family.
