...My experience with writers has included helping the very young to professionals. My undergraduate degree at Columbia was in English. I have been a book and magazine editor. (read more)
...History & Gov't and World History academic intervention classes and 7th/8th ELA academic intervention classes. I also taught Eng 9 for 3 yrs. three yrs & coached a successful HS mock trial team for 7 yrs. My philosophy is that learning is a lifelong process with many immediate and long term rewards. (read more)
...Time and time again my former students tell me that I taught them to write and become readers. I am a life long 'English Major' with a love of literature. In my retirement I want to return to what I know I do best- help students become strong writers and develop a love of reading and literature. (read more)
...I taught two specialized courses on the college level to 12th graders: African-American Literature and Multi-Cultural Literature. Both of these courses integrated literature with cultural studies. Students in all of my classes were required to write various types of essays as well as some creative pieces. (read more)
...I have worked as a French interpreter for the U.S. State Department for 20 years. And I was an AP French teacher at Millbrook School in NY State. (read more)