"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -- Benjamin Franklin

You may think you're a student who needs academic support, but you're not! You're also a human being with your own unique personality, style, learning preferences, fears, challenges hopes, dreams and goals. This is the philosophy I've founded my teaching upon for my 10+ years of experience. I've taught most recently at an Upper West Side private school with a specialty working with students with learning "dis"abilities like ADD/ADHD, autism/social spectrum disorders and anxiety/depression. I've honed my skills of one-on-one coaching to include a focus on executive functioning, time management and strategies to succeed, specially tailored toward each student's holistic needs and profile.

I hold degrees from UC Berkeley and Harvard, and since then, in my years of tutoring, teaching and coaching, I have focused on numerous areas of expertise, including SAT (I scored 99+ percentile), ACT, English (my undergraduate degree + honors), Writing (from 7+1 Traits up through college-level analysis), Math (algebra, geometry, trigonometry, precalculus), Spanish (I'm fluent), ESL / TOEFL, Physics and Study Skills. I also specialize in AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP Economics and AP Biology, having scored a perfect 5 on each of those tests.

As a writing tutor at UC Berkeley's Student Learning Center for several years, I helped hundreds of Cal students not only meet their academic goals, but also become better writers and more perceptive thinkers. I treat tutees as human beings and never underestimate the value of a true one-on-one relationship. As a Senior Tutor, I helped oversee the program's tutoring methodologies and worked with new tutors to explore the very dynamic of holistic and dialectical processes.

I've been writing and publishing all my life, so my specialties include all forms of writing: persuasive or expository essays, fiction, scientific or business writing, proofreading & editing, press &" less...