"I love empowering students in all things English! My greatest passion is storytelling, whether it is helping you analyze a piece of literature or strengthen your own creative writing. However, I also enjoy fortifying students’ essay skills, proofreading, and ESL/EFL abilities. If you love English or dread it, my goal is to help you discover your strengths and improve your weaknesses so that you can become independent of a tutor altogether!

I center classes around your goals and seek to make emotionally-engaging sessions that connect with your interests, if possible. We learn best when we discover the answers for ourselves rather than memorizing facts. That is why I run conversational tutoring sessions, asking you questions and encouraging you to do the same with me! Dialoguing through a poem, a word’s pronunciation, etc. lets you build the muscle you need to succeed in any aspect of English while still having professional guidance to ensure you are on track.

I graduated magna cum laude from Hillsdale College with a double major in English and Spanish. I understand the importance of proper writing and punctuation as I transcribed for the Winston Churchill Official Biography sanctioned by the British Parliament. I was then awarded the prestigious Fulbright grant to work as a university TA in Colombia (South America), where I helped ESL/EFL students in the classroom and through tutoring. That Colombian university, Universidad Católica de Oriente, then hired me as a professor. I also privately tutored students and professionals. After four years, I returned to the U.S. where I continued to tutor. Since 2017, I have also worked as a songwriter. Although my current writing endeavors center around music, I have a background in fiction, especially fantasy, and love empowering other writers." less...