"I am a veteran ELA teacher with 22 years of classroom experience at the middle and high school levels. I have taught courses from standard 8th grade and 9th grade Literature to writing intensive workshops, senior electives, and college credit-bearing classes. I am an exceptionally strong writing instructor and have helped numerous students write compelling and effective college application essays. I have a Masters in Secondary English Education and am permanently certified through New York State.

In addition to my classroom experience, I have also worked for various Education companies like Pearson, Educational Testing Services, and Renaissance Learning, Inc. This work has included assessment writing for national testing materials, as well as content writing for online learning platforms. Therefore, I am incredibly well-versed in the macro and micro components to ELA education and assessment.

I am also a traditionally-published author of Young Adult fiction. This aspect of my professional life posits me in a unique position to not only be adept at teaching the technical aspects of Literature, assessments, and writing mechanics, but also creative writing. I have presented at multiple state and national conventions and have instructed writing workshops at a large number of schools as a guest author.

I bring a wealth of knowledge and skills sets to every tutoring session, and I hope that I may use any number of them to help your student succeed." less...