"I’m rather a nerd for all things English: essays, narratives, grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation. The details about how to use the English language are like a game to me. I believe each one can learn to use the English language and communicate ideas clearly and masterfully. I love guiding students/writers to create essays that analyze: literature, persuasive articles, works of art, songs--anything.

My teacher friends asked me to review writings they intended for our colleagues because they trusted my knowledge of how to construct English.

Thirteen years of tutoring, in person and online, is informed by 33 years of teaching public high school and, a couple years, community college courses. For 10 years, I guided juniors in AP Language and Composition courses; most every one who took the exam, earned college credit.

I coach any type of writing, from beginning writers to doctoral writers; from blog posts to website text, including business emails--International Baccalaureate English students; TIQA-TIQA-C: topic sentence, introduce and quote, analyze, conclude; and TOEFL writing exam prep.

I prefer to Async review–without the student present–the student's most recent essay draft, scoring rubric and teacher comments, if available. Async Reviews are paid sessions during which I give in-line comments; from those I devise lessons that begin from the writer’s specific strengths and address areas of growth to practice in order to reach their full potential. Thus, my tutoring lessons specifically target this student.

I earned a Rank One at UofLouisville, KY. Subsequently, I created my portfolio to become Nat’l Board Certified in English, Youth & Young Adults.

I tutor to earn an income beyond my other careers: audiobook narrating/producing, text editing (non-fiction articles, award applications, blogs, novels, etc.), and garlic growing (w/ organic practices) and braiding the plants into a culinary, kitchen decor." less...