"I am a California-licensed K–12 and college-level educator with over 14 years of experience teaching and tutoring across literacy, writing, math, logic, debate, and academic skill development. My work spans early elementary foundations in reading, phonics, numeracy, and social-emotional learning through advanced middle school, high school, and college-level instruction, allowing me to support learners across developmental stages with precision and care.

I hold a B.A. in Philosophy from UCLA and began tutoring through community-based education initiatives before joining Teach For America, where I taught for six years in Hawai‘i. My academic and instructional background includes English, Spanish, math, logic, test preparation, and public speaking, giving me a strong interdisciplinary lens on how students learn, reason, and communicate effectively across content areas.

After relocating to San Francisco, I taught high school English while coaching debate and supporting multilingual learners in academic writing, argumentation, and confidence-building. Alongside academics, I have also coached sports and worked extensively with executive functioning, study skills, and performance mindset, emphasizing clarity, structure, accountability, and steady growth both in and beyond the classroom.

Today, I work with elementary students on reading, spelling, writing, and math foundations, while also supporting middle school, high school, and college students with literature, logic, debate, test preparation, and college readiness. Families and students describe my instruction as warm, structured, motivating, and intellectually rigorous, and I partner closely with learners to create clear plans that lead to meaningful, measurable progress." less...