I love helping students discover and build their skills. I've worked with young adults for 20 years at the college level, and I worked with teenage boys for around ten years when I was director of the nonprofit Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Minnesota. Recently, I've substituted in almost all K-12 grades to get a better understanding of what our children are experiencing in the classroom. (read more)
...I also teach an undergraduate course at the University of Minnesota called Global Stories of Education: Young Adult Fiction. I have been tutoring since 2015, working with students at variety of levels ranging from middle school to college. I love that, as a tutor, I get to use all of the skills I developed as a high school English teacher to fully focus on one student at a time. (read more)
...I adore working with students, and making the learning experience fun and engaging!As a fluent french speaker since birth, French is my first language. I lived in Paris for six years, and studied abroad there for 6 months last year. I have completed a French and Francophone Studies minor at Macalester College. (read more)
...I earned undergraduate degrees in psychology and elementary education, from Earlham College and the University of Iowa. My masters degree, from Michigan State University, is in Teaching and Curriculum. I have a current teaching license in Texas. (read more)