"I'm a lifelong educator and also a parent-- I specialize in Struggle.

I have an M.Ed in English & 30 years experience in the classroom, small group, and 1:1. I was a Kindergarten teacher for 10 yrs, a college professor (English and Communications) for 8, and since 2020 I've been a certified mindfulness meditation, yoga, and mind-body fitness instructor for all ages. I'm a writer, speaker, artist, gardener & neurodivergent person, and I love working with all types of brains, just like yours.

My methods are fueled by compassionate communication backed by current findings in neuroscience and education. We cast a wide tutoring net, using a variety of nurturing multi-sensory methods, games, simulations & experiments--woven with the pop culture, music, and real-world props drawn from *your* interests.

I struggled for decades, mostly on my own, trying to customize (okay, hack) every school situation I met, to meet my actual needs as a learner. I struggled to focus, pay attention, read, process, understand & know what I was actually being asked to do *next* --much less retain. Since 2020 students are more reluctant and unsteady. Less engaged, more anxious, less likely to try. More nervous. Less confident. More bored. Less likely to see they have tools--to find & use them.

Wherever your struggly part starts, that's where we'll start.

Whatever you care about, in & out of school, we can use to help you customize your own shine. To make it easier to tackle what you must do, by applying elements of what you love to do. We take whatever's on your current plate: interests, quirks, squirms, temperament and use best practices to help build out your toolbox. Customizing individual struggles into greater strengths--in the classroom & beyond--is an art form you can learn!" less...