Award-Winning AP French Tutors
serving St. Paul, MN

I am an educator and artist with a passion for languages. I have experience teaching in both Minneapolis and Paris, and I have tutored in K-12 core subject matters - math, science, language arts, and social studies. I have my Master's of Education from the University of Minnesota in Second Languages and Cultures with a narrow focus on English as a Second Language. I am fluent in French and have an intermediate level in Spanish and Arabic. My main goals when working with students is to meet them where they are at in their learning, as well as use creative ways to make knowledge accessible. When I'm not teaching, I am spending time outside, reading up and working on anti-oppression, and watching movies. I am also a novice herbalist and astrologer, and hope to dedicate more time in learning about our plan(t)cestors and how they help with healing.

I am currently a senior at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and I am double majoring in Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and French. I am pre-med, so I do hope to go to medical school next year and am currently in the process of applying. I graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in 2012, and there I was a member of the National Honors Society which was my first experience with tutoring. I am currently a volunteer at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, and I help patients and siblings with homework and reading there, as well.

I'm starting to get tired of jogging and biking for exercise, then BAM--it's cross-country ski season! In my spare time, I also enjoy knitting, video editing, and playing games like Codenames (fueled by my fondness for words/language, I guess!)

I am proud to say that the eleven-year-old Vietnamese girl and boy that I tutored for 5 years are both attending Medical school. In addition, I am proud to say that I speak, write and read in French, English, Spanish, Haitian Creole and Italian proficiently. Whenever I tell people that I speak French, they often assume that it is not my mother tongue language because I have no accent in English. I am always proud to say that I did not know how to speak English until I was 16 years of age. Learning a language is like cracking a secret code. Once you decode it, the treasure is yours.

I'm a student at Brown University with an eclectic set of interests. I am trilingual, analytical, and creative and look forward to tutoring you! :)

Andrew's experience with the SAT Subject Tests in both French and French with Listening means he already knows the grammar structures, idiomatic expressions, and listening comprehension skills AP French demands. He approaches the exam's interpersonal and presentational communication tasks with the same analytical rigor he brings to his science and humanities subjects.

I am a recent graduate of Bowdoin College with a BA in Biology, English, and Theater. I have been tutoring pretty steadily in one form or another since middle school and am quite comfortable tackling diverse subjects in both the arts and sciences. As a native Spanish speaker, reader, and writer I have years of experience tutoring students at all proficiency levels in the language. My bilingual background has also given me the opportunity to work with native Spanish speakers in other academic subjects. I bring a compassionate and collaborative approach to teaching. I strongly believe that a tutor must treat his or her student as a teammate and not as someone who merely needs instruction. The goal of any tutoring session should be to bring out and foster a student's own capacity to understand and excel in a given field, which begins with respect. I am currently pursuing a graduate study in biology- where my interests primarily lie in evolution and bioanthropology.

Computer engineering majors don't usually double-major in French — but Sasha did, which means her fluency was built through rigorous academic study alongside native-level coursework rather than casual exposure. She tackles the AP French exam's cultural comparison and persuasive essay tasks with the same structured precision she applies to engineering problems, breaking down how to deploy subjunctive constructions and formal register under timed conditions.

Two years living and teaching in Guadeloupe gave Megan the kind of immersive French fluency that AP exam prep demands — particularly for the interpersonal speaking and presentational writing tasks that trip students up most. She knows the difference between textbook French and the real-world usage AP graders reward. Her approach tackles listening comprehension and cultural context alongside grammar so students feel prepared for every section.

I am a graduate of the Ohio State University, where I completed a BA summa cum laude in linguistics and Romance studies with specializations in French, Spanish, and Italian. I then completed a JD at Cornell University, where I used my language skills to focus on international and comparative law, as well as developing particular skills in criminal law and general trial advocacy. In addition, I spent a year in France at the Universit Paris 1 Panthon-Sorbonne, where I obtained an LLM (master of laws) in French, European, and international law. Outside of academia, I have worked as a document translator and an in-court interpreter in both French and Spanish and have worked directly with French- and Spanish-speaking clients in legal and financial settings. As an undergraduate student, I was French-language liaison to the Modern Languages and Cultures Undergraduate Council, in which position I oversaw tutoring sessions, organized conversation and culture hours, and represented the interests of Francophone students and French learners at Council meetings. In addition, I co-directed an outreach program to local elementary schools, teaching both French and Spanish to children in grades K-4. On the legal side, I have worked in immigration, contract, family, and criminal law, and have been a teaching assistant for legal courses and served as a graduate-student mentor for pre-law students.

A semester-long language-immersion program in Toulouse gave Laura the kind of fluency that AP French graders actually reward — natural register, idiomatic phrasing, and the ability to argue a position without mentally translating from English first. French is one of her two majors at Washington University in St. Louis, and she channels that deep study into the cultural comparison and persuasive essay tasks where students need to go beyond correct grammar and demonstrate real command of the language. Rated 5.0 by students.

I'm a Ph.D. candidate in French Studies at UCLA finishing my dissertation about contemporary French literature. My main research specializations are French language and literature. However, I also have a certification in critical theory and conduct research in cultural studies and music history. I have taught first- and second-year French classes at UCLA for four years, and before that, I taught first-year French for 3 years at the University of Kansas.

Scoring well on AP French means doing more than conjugating verbs — it requires interpreting authentic texts, constructing persuasive arguments in writing, and speaking with cultural nuance. Evan earned his bachelor's in French Literature, so he brings native-level reading fluency and a deep understanding of Francophone culture to every element of the exam, from the interpersonal writing task to the cultural comparison presentation.

Studying French at the university level while simultaneously teaching it gives Alexandra a dual perspective most AP French tutors lack — she knows both the academic depth of the language and the specific stumbling blocks students hit on timed AP tasks. She digs into the presentational writing and speaking components, breaking down how to organize an argument in French using proper discourse markers and register. Her 1570 SAT reflects the same test-taking rigor she brings to AP exam strategy.

Nine years of French study and two immersive experiences in France — one in Brest and one at Université de Vincennes Saint-Denis in Paris — gave Clancy the kind of cultural fluency the AP French exam demands. She tackles the interpersonal and presentational speaking tasks by coaching students to think in French rather than mentally translating, and she unpacks the cultural comparison essay with concrete strategies for weaving in real-world knowledge.