FAQs
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Once the student/parent marks me as "hired," we will establish online tutoring sessions (times and days) and I will provide them with the details and next steps for working together.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Master of Arts, English Literature (2013), Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. Master of Arts, Composition and Rhetoric, University of Nevada, Reno. Bachelor of Arts, English, University of Nevada, Reno. Study Abroad Program, University of Woolongong, Woolongong, Australia. Scholarships and Fellowships Graduate Presidential Scholarship, Montana State University. Fall 2010-Spring 2011. Edward and Doris Ward Scholarship, Montana State University. Spring 2011. Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Montana State University. Summer 2010-Spring 2013. Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Nevada, Reno. Spring 1994-Spring.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
I was in a remedial English class in college and my teacher required that we go (at least once) to the campus tutoring center. I can still remember how afraid and embarrassed I was when I sat down with the tutor. To this day I am grateful to my teacher for making me go, because that one tutoring session changed my life. Because of the help I received from my tutor that day, the story I was working on was published in the University art and literature anthology, Brushfire. I got a job as a tutor on campus the next year and became the editor of Brushfire my senior year. I tutored on campus all through my Master's Degree and my first job was as a full-time director of a college reading and writing tutoring center. The center was so successful I was courted to another college to become their Academic Achievement Director. While working there, I was selected to present at Stanford University on best tutoring practices. I took a team of tutors to present with me (see press release in my photos). I've also been interviewed on PBS, Discover Native Nevada, and National Public Radio, and it all started with that one tutoring session so many years ago.