I am a passionate, driven educator who brings together a strong academic background with a lifelong dedication to athletics. I love tutoring because it allows me to combine two things I value deeply: helping students develop confidence in their abilities, and supporting them as whole people with unique strengths, challenges, and learning styles. The subjects I teach include History, English, test prep (SAT/ACT), and Math.
Academically, I completed both my BA in Classics & History and my MA in History at Johns Hopkins University, and studied abroad at the University of Cambridge. I’ve held research and archival positions across several humanities departments, published scholarly work, and presented my research at national and international conferences.
Alongside that work, I’ve taught students across age groups, from mentoring middle and high schoolers in Baltimore, to supporting first-year university students as a Teaching Assistant, to teaching Math & English/Reading to a combined 5th–6th grade classroom. These roles sharpened my ability to communicate clearly, adapt lessons to individual needs, and foster an encouraging learning environment.
A significant part of who I am comes from my athletic journey. I’ve been a runner since childhood and competed as a varsity Track & Field athlete at Johns Hopkins. During that time, I helped lead community initiatives through the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and co-founded youth running programs in Baltimore that focused on building confidence, discipline, and joy through movement. Sport has always been one of the most meaningful ways I’ve connected with my community.
After graduating, I transitioned from competitive running to rowing. Learning an entirely new sport as an adult athlete has been both humbling and energizing; it’s deepened my empathy for students who are stepping outside their comfort zones. Rowing has reinforced the importance of patience, incremental progress, and showing up consistently, principles I emphasize in my tutoring, as well.
Across all these experiences, I bring strong communication skills, disciplined organization, and a genuine joy in helping students grow academically and personally. I love supporting students not only in mastering material, but also in discovering their own confidence along the way.
College:
Education: Johns Hopkins University
Undergrad Major: Bachelor of Arts in History; Classics
Other Degrees/Minors: Master of Arts in History (Johns Hopkins)
High School:
Awards & Honors: National Merit Commended Scholar (class of 2021), National Merit Scholarship Program, National Qualifier: National History Day 2019, senior group exhibit division, Finalist: Semper Fidelis All American Program (2019-20), Columbia Scholastic Press Award: 3rd place, digital media secondary coverage (2020) for In the Wake of Administrative Leave (as published in The Shakerite on April 26, 2018), Jane Wood Award for Outstanding Student Journalism, Issued by Shaker Heights City Schools · May 2021 Issued by Shaker Heights City Schools, Presented to senior students who excel in writing for student-run journalism outlets (2021), Danielle R. Biello Award, issued by Shaker Heights City Schools, Award for outstanding student athletes (2021), IB diploma candidate, High Award: National Greek Exam, 2018 and 2019, National Spanish Exam Honorable Mention, 2018, Honor roll every semester in high school, Field Hockey State runner up 2019; State Semifinalist 2017; District Champion 2018, Ohio Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Ohio Team 2018 and 2019, High School National Academic Squad: Scholar of Distinction 2019 (awarded to field hockey players with an unweighted GPA of 3.8 or higher), Track 5th place at States as member of the 4x100 meter relay team, 2018, 4th place at Indoor States as member of the 4x200 meter relay team, 2020, Regional qualifier as member of the 4x100 meter relay team, 2018 and 2019, Regional qualifier as member of the 4x200 meter relay team, 2018 and 2019, Regional qualifier as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team, 2019, All-Ohio Track & Field Athlete 2018 (outdoor season) and 2020 (indoor season), First Team All-Conference 2018, 2019, 2021, Basketball Honorable Mention All-Conference Team 2018-19 season, AAU Track national qualifier 4x100 meter relay in 2018 and 2019, National qualifier 4x400 meter relay in 2018 and 2019.
Interests & Activities: Executive Managing Editor (2020), The Shakerite (Shaker Heights High School newspaper), previously Web Managing Editor (2019) and Investigative Reporter (2018), Member: Greek National Honors Society, Varsity Field Hockey Member (2017-21), Varsity Track and Field Captain (2020-1) and Member (2017-2021), Varsity Basketball Captain (2019-21) and Member (2017-21), Cleveland Heights AAU Youth Track Club Member (2017-21), Field Hockey Life Club Team Member (2017-21), Intern, Done Waiting (2021), Member, STEM Ambassadors, members are selected to help promote STEM learning environments in district elementary school (2019-21), Tutor, AP United States History Program (2020), Tutor, BRIDGES Program (2020), Political Action Volunteer, Shaker Heights School Board Election (2019), Member, Saint Dominic Church, involved in multiple high school volunteer projects.
SAT Scores: 780 Reading, 690 Math
ACT Scores: 35 (36 English, 36 Reading 36, 35 Science, 34 Math)
AP Exams: 5 AP US History, 5 IB English A: Literature HL , 5 IB Economics SL, 7 IB History Asia And Oceania HL, 5 IB Chemistry HL
Other:
Other Awards: Meg Walsh Award, Issued by Johns Hopkins University: The Second Decade Society/Florence “Meg” Long Walsh Leadership Award provides a graduating senior from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences with $32,000 to undertake an independent project of their own unique design involving international travel. Butler Prize Honorable Mention, Johns Hopkins University: The Butler Prize is awarded annually to the best paper written by a first-year or BA/MA student. Each year the chair of the department appoints a faculty committee to select the winner. Papers are normally nominated by faculty sponsors. The prize was established in 1957 by Dr. Alexander Butler, a graduate of the department. I was awarded an honorable mention for my master's thesis, "The Classical Tradition in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Women's Writing," the Undergraduate Leadership Award, Johns Hopkins Department of History. The History Department's Undergraduate Leadership Award recognizes the contributions of the undergraduate history major who has contributed most to building intellectual and social community, and the Summer Provost's Undergraduate Research Award (SPURA), issued by Hopkins' Office for Undergraduate Research. The Summer PURA was created to assist and encourage Hopkins undergraduate students to continue or begin independent research and scholarly and creative projects over the summer. Awarded funding for my project, "Women, War, and a Revolution: An Analysis of Themes in Early American Women's Writing." Mentored by Dr. Sarah Pearsall (History, Johns Hopkins), Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee. Chi Alpha Sigma is the first, and only, national scholar-athlete society to honor those four-year collegiate student-athletes who have excelled in both the classroom and in athletic competition. Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes undergraduate college student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full-time semester, and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average.
Other Interests & Activities: At Hopkins, I was involved in Varsity Track (specializing in shot put, discus, and hammer throws), Undergraduate History Association (President), Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (Vice President for External Engagement and Community Service), Run Baltimore (Sponsor Relationships Chair), Next One Up Program (Student Coordinator), Kappa Alpha Theta Zeta Chi Chapter (New Member Director and Academic Development Director), First Year Mentor.
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