Studying Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at Penn means Esther spends most of her time analyzing arguments and writing essays, not signing — but her involvement in student theatre gives her a natural comfort with expressive physicality and nonverbal communication that translates well to ASL's vis...

While ASL isn't Jordan's primary language specialty, her experience learning multiple languages — she's fluent in English and Spanish and conversational in Polish — gives her a sharp understanding of how visual and structural grammar systems differ from spoken ones. She approaches ASL vocabulary and...

Nicholas studied Deaf Studies at Penn alongside his linguistics degree, giving him both cultural depth and structural understanding of ASL as a complete visual-spatial language. He teaches classifiers, non-manual markers, and ASL syntax — which follows its own grammar entirely distinct from English ...

Meagen studies American Sign Language alongside her English and Computer Science coursework at Carleton College. She tackles ASL's unique grammar — topic-comment structure, non-manual markers, spatial referencing — as its own linguistic system rather than treating it as a translation exercise from E...

Libby's ASL skills were built through direct experience working with Deaf children in both behavioral therapy and academic settings, so she teaches more than just vocabulary and handshapes — she emphasizes facial grammar, spatial referencing, and the cultural context that makes signing feel natural....

ASL relies on spatial grammar, facial markers, and classifiers that have no direct equivalent in English, which means learning it requires a completely different mindset than studying a spoken language. Arianna's analytical approach — honed through her triple-major science background at Dartmouth — ...

Hannah's special education training at Purdue included coursework specifically on adapting instruction for diverse learners, and ASL is one of the subjects she's genuinely enthusiastic about — not just a line on a list. She teaches fingerspelling, basic vocabulary, and conversational building blocks...

Chris minored in American Sign Language at NYU, building vocabulary across everyday, academic, and cultural contexts. He breaks down handshape families, non-manual markers, and ASL grammar — which follows its own syntax entirely distinct from English — in a way that makes the visual-spatial logic cl...

Hello! My name is Sam Bicking. I am an alumni and student at The University of Pennsylvania studying Pre-health sciences before entering medical school. I have been tutoring for several years with students with disabilities (and amazing students without disabilities).

Erika's background as a kinesthetic learner herself shapes how she approaches ASL — a language where physical memory and visual-spatial awareness matter as much as vocabulary knowledge. She emphasizes hands-on repetition of fingerspelling and sign production, adapting drills to match each student's ...