I recently received my M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Colorado in Boulder, where I spent two years working as a teaching assistant in addition to my own studies. I studied English, Italian, and Japanese languages and literature, and taught classes in the Humanities and French and Italian departments.

Prior to that, I received my B.A. in Comparative Literature from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. While at Clark I also completed undergraduate and graduate-level coursework in Education, which included a great deal of hands-on teaching and tutoring experience outside of the classroom. I worked with elementary, middle and high school students in after-school programs focused on improving their English language skills as well as their study skills. I taught SAT prep with a non-profit organization for two years, planning and teaching lessons to small groups of students on a weekly basis to help them master the skills needed to achieve high scores on the Verbal and Analytical Writing sections of the SAT. In addition I completed a year-long student teaching practicum in conjunction with my Education studies, in which I taught three classes of 12th grade English for the duration of the school year under a senior teacher???s supervision.

I believe in helping students learn by making their lessons relevant and meaningful and incorporating a variety of materials and techniques to suit their individual learning style. I value reading and writing above all and believe these skills are key to succeeding in various other areas in school and in life.