Introduction: I am a Missouri State certified English teacher with 15 years of classroom experience. In addition to my regular classroom work, I routinely help high school Juniors and Seniors draft winning college application essays and college students work through their 100-level writing assignments. While I am not a traditional tutor, I am exactly what students need when they wish they had they had an English teacher in their back pocket. I have a reputation for pushing my students hard to hash out their own ideas in order to become better, more authentic writers.