"Thank you for taking the time to read my profile! My name is Kate, and I recently moved to Wilmington from Denver, Colorado. I'm originally from North Carolina, but after I graduated from the School of Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2005, I headed out to Jackson, Wyoming, to see what the West was all about. After getting my fill of horseback riding, snowboarding, rafting, camping, and hiking, I made my way to Boulder, Colorado, where I attended the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University and got my Creative Writing and Poetics Master of Fine Arts. The program there was as interesting and inspiring as its name!

Having discovered the value of writing at a young age (I started writing in a journal at the age of 5 and never stopped), I chose a career that would give me the opportunity to convey that value to others. While in Colorado, I taught over 100 credit hours of English Composition, Literature, and Developmental English at the Community College of Denver, Arapahoe Community College, Metropolitan State University, Naropa University, Englewood High School, and Southwest Early College. This gave me experience with people from all walks of life.

While working towards my MFA, I tutored other students in the Naropa Writing Center. Additionally, I worked in the Writing Center and the Student Success Center at the Community College of Denver for a number of years. These sessions were all one-on-one, which gave me the opportunity to help students be successful on an individual level.

My tutoring sessions are learner-centered. Emphasis is on the process, a concept that was unfamiliar to me prior to graduate school. I have always been, and continue to be, very results oriented; however, I now emphasize the process as much as the product. It is only by analyzing how we get from point A to point B that we can improve upon C—the outcome.

I assess and adjust the educational materials and methods I use based on the needs of the individual. No two people lea" less...