...After ten years of grading essays and other student work, I learned to identify errors in writing samples very quickly. I always tried to coach my students as writers by not only pointing out mistakes but modeling and explaining how to make their writing more interesting, clear, and grammaticall... (read more)
...My freelance writing has run the gamut from general interest to literary profile to sports journalism. My experience with writers has included helping the very young to professionals. My undergraduate degree at Columbia was in English. (read more)
...Then worked in education advocacy and reform at Teach For America for almost ten years- with a two year stint at the American School of Tangier teaching the 6th grade. In Tangier I began tutoring middle school students who were struggling with writing and became quit good at helping students bec... (read more)
...My specialties are American Literature, African-American Literature, and Multi-Cultural Literature. Writing instruction is also exciting to teach to someone who struggles with writing of any type. As a high-school English teacher in an upstate New York public school, I taught 11th graders to integrate American Literature with studies in American history and culture. (read more)