"I believe all of us can learn lifelong if we believe in learning and practice it!

At this moment, I still hold ELA and ESL teaching certifications in California and Massachusetts, but I tutor in all my areas of interest: Academic Research, Journalism; Creative Writing (all genres); American and Formal English Writing Conventions (Grammar, Syntax, Punctuation); American, European, World History; APLang and APELit; ISEE, PSAT, SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT; College Personal Statements with App Support; ELA K-12, College, & Professional; Executive Functioning; Lower Math 5-11; Religion/Theology; Research Styles; SE Tutor-Advocate for IEP and ESL/ELD; Social Studies, 5-12

After completing my MA and BA in English I worked as a professional writer-editor at two national publications, then as a copywriter in Silicon Valley, until I began guiding students at the Stanford Daily newspaper. Four years later, I accepted a Federal Teaching Fellowship and returned to postgraduate work and two-thirds time teaching at UIUC where I studied antique and medieval languages and Old and Middle English Literature, and spent a few summers as a script doctor and dramaturg for local studio affiliates and editing unique stage productions of Hamlet and Coriolanus

I returned home to LA with my family in 1995 to teach in several multilingual parochial and public schools. As a lead teacher, I rewrote curricula and instruction for WASC accreditation, state standards, curricular articulations, grant requests, correspondence, presentations, and contributed Calif and Common Core State Standards for schools. On evenings and weekends, I drove across the city to teach SAT and ACT Vocabulary, Reading, Writing, and AP Essay Writing, and College ELA 8-12 Personal Statements.

I left for the Boston area permanently in late 2016 where I have been tutoring, writing, and studying ever since." less...