Fun Facts

I have lived in Japan, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Mississippi, California, Rhode Island, Virginia, North Carolina, and, of course, Massachusetts. I love sailing and surfing -- and really anything you can do in the ocean -- riding my bike, and exploring new places. I used to be a whitewater canoeing trip leader, for which I had to learn how to deliver a baby in the woods.

About Me

I attended davidson-college">Davidson College and graduated in 2011, Phi Beta Kappa, with a GPA of 3.89 and a B.A. in English Literature. I also studied Biology and Political Science. I currently attend boston-university">Boston University's MFA program in Creative Writing. I am also simultaneously running an online women's outdoors magazine called MISADVENTURES, and I hope to continue growing that project after I graduate.

Experience

I have taught English at the high school level most recently at Buckingham Brown and Nichols School in Cambridge, MA (2013-2014). I also taught Sophomore English at the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii (2011-2012) and Writing through the OBUGS nonprofit in Oakland Public Schools (2012-2013). I worked in writing curriculum development and boston">tutoring at the nonprofit 826 National in San Francisco, California. And prior to that I was an assistant instructor at the Center for Talented Youth at La Jo

Approach

My goal is to create opportunities for students to make their own discoveries. boston">Tutoring, because it is one-on-one, has the danger of becoming prescriptive. boston">Tutors should not be telling students what to write or exactly how to interpret an assignment or a story, but rather lead that student to strengthen the skills they'll need to work and think creatively and effectively without a boston">tutor. My goal, in short, is to become unneeded. I hope to be a sounding board for the ideas and thoughts of student