"I started tutoring in high school by working through the school's tutoring and mentorship program, assisting younger students with test prep and essay structure and analysis. In high school, I was always partial to the English classroom. With the right teacher, it could be a space of limitless academic exploration for the student. I went onto take AP literature, scoring a 5 on the AP, as well as scoring perfectly in the reading and English sections of the ACT and SAT.

When applying to colleges, the writing involved in the applications were my favorite part. There was room to play and to paint a picture of who I was in an otherwise relatively impersonal process. I was tasked with tapping into, and putting into words, who I was at that moment; and that, I've since learned, is an invaluable skill set.

I went on to graduate from Wesleyan University with an undergraduate degree in Literature. There, I developed both my own writing and pedagogy and continued my tutoring work at the university writing center. There, I helped college students streamline, organize, and edit their essays, job applications, and senior theses. During this time, I also began working as a freelance college essay tutor, assisting high school students with supplemental essays and personal statements. This work quickly became my favorite!

Since graduating in May, I've continued working with students to develop personal statements. With a strong foundation in writing technique, I give the students a lesson in organizational methods to facilitate a coherent flow of ideas that correspond with the assignment at hand. As a writer, myself, my next priority is to develop the unique voice of the student. Through creative writing exercises, I seek to tease out diversity of thought and experience in the student that we then channel into generating a unique angle to any piece of writing, whether it be fiction, non-fiction or anything else." less...