Award-Winning Reading Tutors
serving Lexington, KY

A BFA in English means Faith spent years inside novels, essays, and poetry — not just reading them but learning to articulate what makes a piece of writing work, from narrative structure down to a single word choice. She brings that conversational, low-pressure energy to reading sessions, building the kind of confidence that turns a student who dreads being called on in class into one who actually raises a hand. Rated 4.8 by students.

I am a rising sophomore at the University of Kentucky pursuing a degree in Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Science. I have a strong background in science, but also excel in english.

As a TEFL-certified teacher who has worked with readers at every level — from adult ESL learners decoding basic texts to children tackling chapter books — Wilson knows how to match reading strategies to a student's actual skill level. He emphasizes active techniques like predicting, summarizing, and questioning the text to turn passive reading into real comprehension.

Becoming a better reader means learning to slow down at the right moments — catching an author's shift in tone, recognizing how a passage is structured, or identifying which details carry the argument. Benjamin brings a humanities scholar's instincts to reading instruction, whether a student is working through challenging fiction or dense nonfiction. He connects comprehension strategies to the specific text in front of the student rather than teaching them in the abstract.

Strong readers don't just decode words — they track arguments, infer meaning from context, and recognize how a text is organized. Nicole, who reads voraciously in both English and Spanish, teaches strategies like annotation, summarization, and questioning that turn passive reading into active comprehension. She's especially skilled at building confidence in reluctant readers.

Breaking a passage into manageable pieces — identifying the author's central claim, tracking how evidence builds, distinguishing fact from inference — is the core of what Amy teaches in reading sessions. She draws on strategies that work across genres, from dense nonfiction articles to literary excerpts, so students develop comprehension skills that transfer to every class on their schedule.

A master's degree in English means Anthony has spent years inside novels, essays, and critical theory — pulling apart how writers structure arguments, layer meaning, and guide a reader's attention across a page. He brings that deep familiarity with how texts actually work to reading sessions, teaching students to track tone, follow an author's logic, and catch the connections between paragraphs that turn a confusing passage into something clear.

Pulling meaning from a dense passage — whether it's a scientific article or a piece of fiction — requires active strategies like annotation, summarizing in the margins, and identifying an author's purpose before answering questions. Nick's neuroscience background means he understands how working memory and attention shape comprehension, and he builds reading habits around that science.

Biochemistry textbooks and programming documentation don't have much in common on the surface, but Andrew reads both the same way — breaking dense material into smaller logical chunks and extracting exactly what matters. He teaches that same structured approach to younger readers, showing them how to pull key information from a passage instead of re-reading the same paragraph three times hoping it sinks in. Rated 5.0 by students.

I'm eager to teach students how to make connections and understand any part of the world they need!

I am pursuing a B.S. degree in Neuroscience at the University of Kentucky that I will successfully complete in the Fall of 2020. I have tutored a wide range of students, both my peers and younger, in mostly STEM related fields. Although I tutor in a few different subjects, the subjects I am most passionate about are College level Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Biochemistry. Learning about a difficult topic may seem challenging at times, but I believe that everyone has the ability and motivation to successfully tackle difficult concepts with some help!

I am an energetic, positive, 26-year-old teacher who graduated with my MFA from the University of Notre Dame in 2017. I am currently teaching Second Grade, but have extensive and varied teaching experience, having taught students of all ages, even university level! I also have experience working with students with behavior and learning differences. It is my goal to make all of my students feel encouraged, heard, motivated, and successful.

I am a graduate of the University of Louisville, holding Bachelor's Degrees in English and Political Science, minors in Spanish and Social Change, and a Certificate in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Transformation. Although my major studies were not specifically within education, I discovered that my heart belongs in the classroom, as I love seeing students discover their strengths and skills. I hold strong to having a "growth mindset" and being a continuous learner. I believe in the power of education to empower all students. I am passionate about helping others achieve to the best of their abilities!

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I am a junior communication sciences and disorders major at Brescia University in Owensboro Kentucky. My current G.P.A. is a 3.78. I am involved on campus and I am a student leader of multiple organizations. I am also member of the Alpha Chi Honors Society at my University. Some of my tutoring experience includes tutoring elementary and middle school students. I also have volunteered to help tutor at the local refugee center. Something that I feel will help me with tutoring is that growing up with a learning disability I had to learn to adapt my studying techniques to best fit me as well as learned persistence. I know how frustrating it can me to struggle in something and I want to be that to guide you to do your best. I like to adjust my tutoring techniques to specifically around my clients to help them improve. I hope you consider me to be your tutor because I would love to help you the ways many others have helped me in the past.

I am an ESL teacher, and English is my passion! I love to go on long walks, make new recipes, and curl up with a good book. I also enjoying playing my flute, which I have played for 15 years! I'm excited to get to know you and help you reach your unique goals.

Hello! I am Mrs. Mary Grace and I am happy to help you get on the road to academic success. I love going above and beyond to give you the knowledge you need due to my high level of expertise. I have a Master's in English as well as a B.A. in Writing and a B.A. in Media Studies. I also hold a California Teaching Credential and have taught gifted and talented students (GATE) for 7 years in the California public school system. I was an English professor for 2 years at Westwood College and I currently work full-time as an online ESL Teacher for VIPKid. I also tutored SAT prep, PSAT prep, AP English, Honors English, Writing, Grammar, ACT English, TOEFL, CBEST and CSET as well as general homework help for grades Kindergarten through College. I also helped edit essays and papers and helped students write their college application essays. I hope to see you soon online in the classroom!

Twenty writing prizes before age eighteen doesn't happen without being a relentless, close reader first — Valerie built her reading skills by pulling apart texts from Greek tragedy to contemporary fiction at the University of Chicago. She teaches students to identify tone, track arguments, and make inferences by actually engaging with what's on the page rather than skimming for keywords.

An avid reader herself, Talia tackles reading comprehension by teaching students to actively annotate rather than passively scan. She zeroes in on skills like identifying an author's purpose, distinguishing main ideas from supporting details, and making inferences from context clues — building the kind of engaged reading habits that transfer across every subject.

A semester at Madrid's top-ranked university, reading upper-level history and literature alongside native Spanish speakers, forced Meghan to become the kind of reader who squeezes meaning from every sentence — a habit that stuck long after she came back to Northwestern. Her daily work as a trade journalist means she's still doing it professionally: scanning dense source material, pulling out what matters, and cutting through jargon. She brings that same precision to teaching students how to actively track what a passage is saying and why.

Poetry and nature literature were the texts that first made Emma want to teach — she built weekly reading-centered lesson plans around them for students from preschool through 12th grade at Chautauqua Institution, adapting how she approached a piece depending on whether a seven-year-old or a teenager was sitting across from her. That range, plus her Education minor at Cornell, means she can adjust quickly between a student who needs help retelling a simple story and one who's learning to track theme across a full novel. Rated 5.0 by students.

Comprehension breaks down for different reasons depending on the reader: some rush past unfamiliar vocabulary, others lose track of the author's argument between paragraphs. Yan diagnoses the specific bottleneck and targets it, whether that means practicing annotation techniques, building inference skills, or strengthening vocabulary in context. Four years of classroom teaching sharpened her ability to spot exactly where understanding stalls.

Strong readers don't just decode words — they predict, question, and make inferences as they move through a passage. Kirstie builds those active reading habits by teaching annotation strategies and context-clue techniques tailored to each student's level. Her liberal arts training means she's comfortable working with fiction, nonfiction, and everything in between.

Strong reading isn't just decoding words — it's learning to track an author's argument, spot rhetorical moves, and make inferences from context. Harry's background in theater and literature at Northwestern trained him to dissect texts closely, from identifying tone shifts in a passage to unpacking figurative language. He uses associative memory techniques to make comprehension strategies stick long after the session ends.

Graduate-level work at Yale and UPenn required Jessi to digest dense academic texts quickly — pulling out central arguments, evaluating evidence, and distinguishing main claims from supporting detail. She applies those same active reading strategies to any level, from middle schoolers tackling their first nonfiction passages to high schoolers preparing for standardized reading sections.

Three English courses and an intensive writing seminar in her first year at Penn means Angela spent freshman year buried in complex texts — analyzing arguments, unpacking layered prose, and explaining what she found in writing that had to hold up to scrutiny. That kind of immersive, close-reading practice sharpened an instinct for how authors structure ideas and embed meaning, which she now brings to reading sessions across grade levels. Rated 5.0 by students.

Struggling readers often need something more targeted than "read more" — they need someone who can pinpoint whether the breakdown is in decoding, fluency, vocabulary, or comprehension and then address that specific gap. Liz's Master's in Special Education gave her diagnostic tools and intervention strategies for students with learning disabilities, dyslexia, and ADHD, and she's applied them across a wide range of learners in Boston classrooms. She builds reading stamina and comprehension simultaneously, using texts matched to each student's level and interests.

Three years of classroom reading intervention taught Molly exactly where comprehension tends to stall — whether a student struggles with making inferences, tracking a main idea across paragraphs, or connecting what they read to prior knowledge. She's Illinois-certified K-9 and holds degrees from Columbia and Northwestern, so she brings both research-backed strategies and real classroom instincts to every reading session.

Molecular biology textbooks demand a particular kind of reading — scanning dense paragraphs for the one detail that matters, then connecting it to information three pages back. Agustin applies that same discipline to reading sessions, teaching students how to hold onto key ideas across a passage and figure out what an author is emphasizing even when the language isn't straightforward. His fluency in three languages also gives him a sharp ear for how context shapes word meaning.