Hi! I am a writer, researcher, teacher, and PhD candidate with 25+ years of classroom experience at all levels and with multiple types of learners. In every facet of my career, I prioritize storytelling via authentic experience and intentional voice. But what does that mean exactly? The throughline for me - whether I was designing scenery for theatre, writing and drawing personal narrative comics, documenting my research methodology, teaching first-year college students, or designing new...
Hi! I am a writer, researcher, teacher, and PhD candidate with 25+ years of classroom experience at all levels and with multiple types of learners. In every facet of my career, I prioritize storytelling via authentic experience and intentional voice. But what does that mean exactly? The throughline for me - whether I was designing scenery for theatre, writing and drawing personal narrative comics, documenting my research methodology, teaching first-year college students, or designing new graduate courses - is to always find the story only I can tell. I teach my students first how to center their unique perspectives in their writing, and then show them why that approach will lead to confident, creative essays, theses, and dissertations.
Writing well is more than just mastering grammar rules and demonstrating comprehension. Are you struggling with constructing a stand-out college essay? Do you feel uninspired when cranking out yet another academic response to a prompt? Are you intimidated by the research process of a term paper, capstone project, or thesis? I will help you find the best way for YOU to organize your thoughts, plan and prepare your paper, and improve your writing proficiency. I have years of experience working with neurodivergent students (autistic and ADHD, primarily) in high school and college, and I provide empathetic, individualized, and structured support for those students who might otherwise fall through the cracks.
I am a life-long learner, teacher, and collector of degrees, ranging from a BFA in Drama and MPM in Educational Leadership in the Arts from Carnegie Mellon University, to a MAEd from Carlow College, and now a dual PhD in Community Engagement and Critical Psychology in process from Point Park University. I genuinely believe the best teachers never stopped being students themselves.
I will give you the tools to amplify the voice inside you, to write from your heart not from AI, and to craft something no one but you could create.
