About Me

I am a certified English teacher with over seven years of teaching experience. I was educated at North Carolina Central University where I received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with a concentration in journalism. My education and passion for helping people achieve their goals academically, professionally, and personally has allowed me to work with students age five to sixty-five in many different settings and subjects. I have taught English in community colleges, elementary, middle, and high school, an ESL training school in Beijing, China, and a refugee center in Rome, Italy. English, ESL, reading, writing, social studies, humanities, and math complete my list of subjects taught over the years. I tutor a variety of classes for Varsity Tutors. However, my favorite subjects to tutor are English, ESL, reading, and writing. I love teaching these subjects because I enjoy helping students express themselves better, understand people, comprehend literature more effectively, and create written work that includes proper grammar and a cohesive sentence structure. I truly believe that the ability to effectively communicate in various ways can unlock a treasure box of opportunities. My teaching philosophy is that every student is unique and requires guidance tailored to their interests, goals, and learning style in order to fully maximize their learning potential. When I first meet a student, I like to take some time to get to know them a bit. In my initial conversation with them and/or their parent, I inquire about how they comprehend material the best and what their goals are for our tutoring sessions. I also like to learn their hobbies and interest so that I can create engaging lesson plans that are tailored around things they like. My role as the tutor is to assist each student in achieving their learning goals, and I strive to do that in the most fun and engaging ways as possible. When I'm not tutoring or making lesson plans, I enjoy watching movies, reading, and hanging out with family and friends, but my most favorite thing to do is travel to different countries. So far, I have visited the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Mexico, Hong Kong, Grand Cayman Islands, Italy, and China. I love experiencing different cultures and actually lived in the last two countries previously mentioned. In Rome, Italy, I taught ESL at a center for refugees from the Middle East and Africa. I taught there for several months and was amazed at how quickly my students advanced in English despite their dire situations. In Beijing, China, I spent several years working as an ESL teacher in a training center. My students there were very eager to learn and shared their culture and customs with me weekly. Both experiences were life changing and allowed me to fully immerse myself in another culture while closely working with adult and school age students. Even though I was the teacher and facilitated their growth in English, I learned a lot from them too. I am forever grateful for both experiences.

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