I am passionate about learning and teaching, and I love the one-on-one connection that tutoring provides. I have lots of informal tutoring experience, but I also gained formal tutoring experience during my time as an NGO worker in El Salvador, and prior to that I did classroom teaching with AmeriCorps.

I am a published author of literary fiction, and I studied creative writing in the MFA program at Seattle Pacific University.

My teaching philosophy is heavily oriented toward listening to my students and asking clarifying questions to understand the root of their difficulties. I try to challenge students to critically engage with their material, as well as providing examples and supplemental materials that are suited to their learning style, allowing them to approach the subject from multiple angles until they find one that works for them. I believe in patience, but I also believe that if something is not working, there is another method out there that can work, and we should use it. If a student I'm working with is struggling with a particular literary work that they need to read for school, I will read that book. I consider the student and myself to be members of the same team, working toward the twin goals of knowledge and skill together.

In my spare time I like to read literature, write literature, make crock-pots full of lentils and laugh with my roommate.