Certified Coast Guard Instructor, DOD Interpreter in Romance languages used on four continents, collector of graduate degrees (for fun and brain power), ready to help you tackle the next milestone.

She's extremely good at tutoring in foreign languages. She doesn't just go through the motions as many tutors typically do. She identifies what a students weaknesses are and tailors a plan specifically for them. She constantly re-iterates important things throughout the lesson. For example, with my son, They would read a story that has pictures. She'll ask open ended questions about the pictures. What color is the blonde girls dress. What do you think they're doing. What game do you think they're playing. These may seem like simple things but they trigger much more than memorization, and commit words to memory by having you use them on your own. It's easy to have a child repeat a phrase after you, but it is infinitely more valuable for that child to develop that phrase on their own. Many times instead of making corrections she will ask questions about the phrase to help guide the child to the correct phrase, or the correct conjugation of a verb. She's extremely patient and detailed