I hold a BA from Reed College, where my thesis examined aesthetics and morality in Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark. I completed an MA (M1) at the Sorbonne on Bataille, Blanchot, and Huysmans, and am now finishing my M2 in comparative literature there, with a thesis tracing Russian philosophical influences on Bataille. I read and work across English, French, and Russian. My training is in close reading, literary analysis, and building arguments: the core of strong academic and admissions writing.

I've worked across education levels, from 7th-grade to college-level essay writing. I've worked both as a teaching assistant in a Waldorf classroom and as a private home tutor in Paris. I hold editorial roles at Fence and Vita Poetica, where I work with writers to strengthen structure, argument, and voice: effectively one-on-one writing instruction. As a freelance editor and translator, I coach clients through academic essays, personal statements, and creative work.

My essays and fiction have been published in print and online, as well as award-nominated. Outside of writing, I illustrate, assist on photography shoots in Paris, and am learning Serbian. I read widely across French, Russian, and English literature, and I'm happiest somewhere between a museum, a bookshop, and a good café.

I love teaching and explaining science at every level!

English

ESL, Reading, Literature, Writing

Language

French

Test Prep

College Guidance