I am a lawyer who graduated with a J.D. degree from The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Prior to law school, I attended Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, where I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. I have always had excellent reading, comprehension, and writing skills, which helped me to succeed in school and in my professional legal career. After graduating from law school, I was a law clerk for two Maryland judges, for whom I frequently had to draft legal opinions. I subsequently became a legal research and legal training specialist for law students and also for attorneys in large law firms. My previous volunteer experience includes being a reading tutor for a non-profit organization in DC, where I worked one-on-one with elementary and middle school students who were reading below grade level. I am a stickler for proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling, so I enjoy teaching these very important skills to my students so that they can succeed academically. It gives me immense satisfaction to see a student progress and become more confident in an area in which he or she started out struggling. I am a huge proponent of education, therefore, my goal is to help students see the value, and appreciate the end result, of hard work and determination. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, traveling, exploring new restaurants, and spending time with my husband, our 11-year-old son (6th grader), and our family dog!