I've been teaching and tutoring students of all ages, as young as three and as old as 75, for almost ten years! My teaching philosophy is project-based, student-led, and rooted in mutual respect. I design individualized curriculum that draws on each student’s passions and learning style. I help students create long-term goals while making room for exploration, play, and voice. My students mean so much to me, and I find myself so incredibly energized by their successes that I often leave work...
I've been teaching and tutoring students of all ages, as young as three and as old as 75, for almost ten years! My teaching philosophy is project-based, student-led, and rooted in mutual respect. I design individualized curriculum that draws on each student’s passions and learning style. I help students create long-term goals while making room for exploration, play, and voice. My students mean so much to me, and I find myself so incredibly energized by their successes that I often leave work more excited than I enter, even after hours of teaching. I've taught both individual and group lessons, in classrooms, studios, and even outdoors in gardens.
I graduated from college with a Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in English Literature and Philosophy, and when I'm not tutoring, I am also music teacher here in Tulsa! I currently teach private and group music lessons in guitar, piano, bass, ukulele, voice, and music theory to students of all ages. I incorporate technology and real-world music trends to maintain high student engagement — I want to connect with what my students are already thinking about! I adapt curriculum for diverse learning styles, with emphasis on explicit respect and shared goals to build trust, especially with vulnerable groups, such as neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ students.
My work with Global Gardens at Rosa Parks Elementary here in Tulsa deeply shaped how I think about student agency, namely, that students are extremely clever and passionate if given the opportunities to ask their own questions. I taught gardening and cooking to elementary students and their families using hands-on, year-round projects through the Rosa Parks school gardens. Our work was inclusive and collaborative, with many of the families being first generation immigrants from Mexico and India. We shared cooking traditions and meals as a part of the learning process, and it taught me so much about why it is important for education to be collaborative and exploratory, not just instructive.
