我对帮助学生的热情源于我自己曾经是这样一个人，而且不是很好。大学是通向新的学习机会的大门。当我成为一名大学新生的时候，我看到了一个不同的世界在我的眼前打开。今天，我在不同的情况下与许多不同的学生打交道:从幼儿园到大学水平;外国学生需要学习英语的职业和学术;以及SAT和ACT的入学准备。在各种场景中很常见的一件事是我的激情来帮助学生学习感到不安,因为他们不知道要做什么,并教他们如何分解情况和发现为自己如何学习,学习,找出自己得出答案。我在锡拉丘兹大学的英语文学学士学位和从学习辅导中获得的TEFL/TESOL硕士证书都不容易获得，然而，这个目标是值得的，因为他们每天都在准备我去教，有趣的，多样化的学生，并帮助他们实现他们的教育目标。除了教学经验，我有30多年的工作经验，在三个不同的行业——银行，广告和酒店。由于我在各种认可的机构任教，这些机构的学生来自不同的年龄和文化背景，我的课程包括但不限于: English (verbal, written and phonics), literature, essay writing, SAT and ACT English and math, history, science, filmmaking (award winning filmmaker), acting (union actor--SAG, AEA), 2D animation, drawing, painting, and Adobe Creative Suite. My favorite subject to teach is English--phonics, verbal, reading, and literature. My teaching style is hands-on. I just don't stand or sit there and lecture. Lectures are boring. As my resume and other documents state, I have 30 years experience as a union actor in good standing. Much of this acting experience has been in improvisation and role playing. I bring a lot of role playing activities into my class, especially when I am teaching foreign adults who need to know English for their jobs/or if the relocated to the U.S. My lessons are based on the students themselves. They're tailored to student individual needs. We do a student scenario, say applying for a graduate degree scholarship. If they are employed in an English speaking environment, we might do something where they are interviewing for a promotion. My philosophy is all about the 'individual student's needs,' whether I am teaching a class of six students or one-on-one. Outside of the class, I am interested in kayaking, filmmaking, and writing scripts and plays.