Award-Winning Reading Tutors in Nassau County, NY

I am a passionate educator who seeks to create and foster equity, opportunity, and access within education. I love to learn WITH students while facilitating their academic growth. I think the most exciting part about teaching and tutoring is seeing the impact of academic growth and personal growth within students lives. I cant wait to work with you and grow with you!

...or the creation of a world from a special perspective. I have worked with kids in 3rd and 4th grade through middle school, high school students (academic and pre-college focuses), and adults of all ages learning English, working on speech, or developing Reading and Writing skills. Additionally, I am fluent in Spanish and have tutored Spanish speakers. I firmly believe that students are not mere vessels for knowledge, but rather human beings with individual goals,...

I am an NYC-based tutor with many years of tutoring experience in and around the city. I've worked with students from many different backgrounds and ability levels. I believe strongly in the importance of giving a student the confidence to flourish academically.

I am currently finishing up my first year of college, at Brandeis University, planning to major in Health: Science, Society, and Policy with a minor in Creative Writing/English. I have always loved to read and write during my free time back home, and my endless collections of diaries, Sci-Fi and adventure novels are proof of that! I look forward to sharing my interests in the sciences and humanities with my students!

...writing assignments as well as college application essays; however, the majority of my experience is in ESL teaching. I started as a volunteer for Catholic Charities and was later hired as a teacher equating to a year of teaching experience. I taught two courses in my time as an ESL instructor including two semesters of Advanced English Reading and Writing as well as a semester of Advanced Grammar. What makes me a great tutor is...

...thought process you can improve/reevaluate. I'm pretty easy going and like joking around. So there won't be much pressure and, for sure no judgement on my part. Everyone is coming from different places in their learning. I myself understand the difficulty of coming to understanding a topic. But it's possible ! :) Outside of academia, I like working out at the gym/running/cycling, drawing (see my insta @abigail_iturra_art), and lounging around with my cat.

...moved to New York when I was only 17 and recently graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. I have spent the last five years tutoring children, teens and adults both for academic and workplace environments, assisting the Dean of the Spanish department at Sarah Lawrence College and translating for the Spanish Consulate. Teaching Spanish has been my passion ever since. I firmly believe with the right guidance, anyone can be an expert in Spanish.

...years of teaching and tutoring experience. My love for learning and encouraging manner keep students engaged and achieving their goals. My specialties include teaching reading, writing, critical thinking and study skills at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. My undergraduate degree is in Education, and my graduate degrees are in Education/Reading Teacher and Educational Administration and Supervision. I adapt lessons to match students' individual learning styles and believe building students' self-confidence is crucial. Watching...

...the learning process with others. As an undergraduate, I had the opportunity to throw myself into a rich liberal arts education at Yale University, where I majored in Music and Humanities but studied everything from Physics to the history of science in the French Enlightenment. At Yale, I not only learned strategies for critical and creative thinking that informed my own studies, but also experienced the value of sharing these habits with others as a...

...is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right Martin Luther King, jr. The quote above has followed me, my entire life. I graduated from college in 2008 with no sense of purpose or direction. The only thing I felt that I needed to do was make my way up the ladder in the corporate world. I found myself working in a law firm after...

...should be enjoyed as an expressive activity, not dreaded as a mysterious and difficult task they will never master. I teach rules of grammar and the best practices for composition as parts of the process of writing, which empowers children to be their own editors and relieves then of the fear of making errors, or "saying something wrong." When children realize that their ideas and words are valid and that they have the power to...

...old. I am a graduate student from SUNY Oswego. I received my Bachelor of Science in Childhood Education. I received my masters from Touro College in special education. Since then I went back to get my extension and now certified from birth to sixth grade in special and general education. Since graduation, I have had the opportunity to teach abroad in Italy for a month. I studied and observed the education in West Africa and...

...United Nations International School in New York City. I loved teaching here because of the multicultural atmosphere. I loved interacting with international students and learning about different cultures. I presently tutor at the elementary school level and I especially love teaching math because it's like puzzles to figure out. I use many visual aids and really believe in breaking down everything to the basics and my motto is review, review and review. I believe it's...

...class of 2016), and have been teaching/tutoring for many years. A little about me, I was a part-time teacher/instructor at a company called the Netter Center. The company sold strategies for improving health sciences education to underprivileged Philly youth. I taught the standardized lessons to students and assisted with homework. Furthermore, I was also a mentor and tutor in Big Brothers Big Sisters. Through the program, I helped with homework, assisted with strategies for improving...

...News. At VICE, I shadowed producers, wrote articles, and developed editorial content for the website. From these experiences, I discovered my passions for writing, technology, and content development. I went to a top NYC specialized high school, the Bronx High School of Science. I took a number of AP courses including: AP Literature AP US History AP European History AP Art History AP Environmental Studies AP World History In my free time, I love traveling,...

...success, I will take it! I have been a teacher for the past 8 years and helping students achieve their academic goals has been an essential part of those years. I have taught middle and high school students in the areas of English Literature, United States History, United States Government, Economics with Personal Finance, and Cambridge Economics. In addition I have tutored students for the SAT and ACT English and essay sections and have held...

...degree from Adelphi University. I have been teaching and tutoring for over 8 years for children, adolescents and adults. Besides being bilingual in Spanish, I am also conversational in Italian. I love to travel and learn about other cultures. I even had the unique opportunity to study abroad in Venezuela. I enjoy helping students achieve their best and have fun in the process. I have always believed in making lessons interesting. I have achieved this...

...degree in TESOL with a minor in Curriculum development from Nova Southeastern University and I am working on my doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Curriculum EDD (c). I have been in the educational field for over 30 years. For the past 10 years I held a position as a school director at an international school back in Dominican Republic. For many years I worked as a language teacher in an elementary...

...schools in town. After having received an MA in English education, I have relocated to Manhattan and I am eager to continue helping students achieve their academic goals. In particular, I specialize in tutoring all areas of the SAT and ACT, and any type of writing. Of course, whenever I work with students I aim to equip them with the skills I used in developing my mastery of the the material we are studying and...

...over the course of my entire life. The realisation eventually grasps one, however, that the knowledge and conceptions in one's head are of little importance unless they can be shared with others. Thus, if not for altruistic reasons, I find teaching to be extremely important to myself. Furthermore, however, I greatly enjoy easing people out of the difficulties that come with learning any challenging subject; I find that I am able to explain abstract, complex...