About Me

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a major in History and minors in English and Art.  My master's degree in education is from Harvard University.  I am certified in Michigan and New York State to teach English and social studies, grades 7-12.

I have taught English at Scarsdale High School, Mamaroneck High School, Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua.  I've also taught English, History and Humanities at Groves and Seaholm High Schools in Birmingham, Michigan.

My students have won awards for their writing and have even published writing we worked on together.  College deans have called students I've worked with to tell them what wonderful application essays they wrote.  I do not write the essays for my students, rather I will talk them through their ideas and coach them to find the best ways to organize and polish their writing.

I am a published writer with essays, reviews, and short fiction published in the Michigan Quarterly Review, New Letters, Raw Vision, Salon, and more.  

contact:  LightbulbTutor (at) gmail.com