English Tutors in Burbank, Oakland

My career started in 1993 as a reporter at South Bergenite, a weekly newspaper serving 36,000 households in five towns in southern Bergen County, New Jersey. I served as editor in chief of that paper for three years before being promoted to Special Sections Editor of the Weekly Division of North Jersey Community Newspapers. I finished my Bachelor's degree in English at New Jersey City University in 2006, continuing on to the New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey program that earned me a New Jersey Teacher of English certificate. I taught in high schools throughout northern New Jersey from 2006-2014. Between 1994 and 2014, I worked intermittently as a freelance writer and private tutor. I worked on such exciting projects as a memoir for an immigrant with limited English; a doctoral dissertation on second-generation language loss; and a coffee table book about successful Indian Americans. Since 2015, I have been running Pink Dog Estate Sales with my family. I wrote all of our marketing materials and weekly listings. For health reasons, we closed the business in 2024. I am back writing and teaching independently. I love helping students in the upper grades through adult to unlock the complexities of Standard American English grammar; American, British and World literature; and business and academic communications.

I enjoy helping students reach their full potential and tutoring is one avenue that allows me to do that! Working with schoolage students has been a longtime passion of mine. It is fulfilling to see how far students can go with the right attitude, encouragement, and focus. I have background with tutoring elementary and middle school age students for 5 years and have worked with the youth population for over 10. Currently, I reside near Oakland in the Bay Area. Although I have taught multiple subjects, I primarily tutor English, Reading & Writing Comprehension. I also assist with Study/Organizational skills. I pride myself in meeting students where they are and working collectively to take them to the next level with their academics.