Foolproof Proofreading: How to Rid Your Writing of Everyday Errors

I am an experienced journalist, writing teacher, and tutor for students of all abilities. I care deeply about helping students communicate ideas, information, and emotions clearly and succinctly. 

Many of our interactions today, for better or for worse, are via email, social media, and text. I believe that using simple and correct -- yet still artful and personal! -- language is a gift to those we communicate with. For this reason, I take grammar and proofreading very seriously, and I hope to instill a love of these language elements in all my learners!

I taught writing, language arts, reading, math, and history for grades 4-8 in New York City private schools for 8 years before taking time off to raise my five children. I still privately tutor many of my former classroom students.

I have a Bachelor’s degree in English from Davidson College, and I completed half of a Master’s in elementary education from Bank Street College of Education. I took a leave after the birth of my third child. 

In my 20s I worked as a sportswriter covering New York-area professional teams for the Associated Press and the New York Post. I wrote countless articles on deadline about the Yankees, Knicks, Mets, Giants, Jets, and Rangers over a five-year span. I also covered the U.S. Open, the New York City Marathon, and the 1999 Women's World Cup. I have a passion for sports, yes, but also for teaching clear, precise, and tight writing.

After 9/11, I left sports journalism and began a career as an elementary and middle school teacher and tutor. I spent most of that time teaching 4th grade at a private boys' school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. More recently, I transitioned to tutoring so I could spend more time raising and homeschooling my children. Now, I primarily teach writing and reading to small groups and individuals in the New York metropolitan area.