Experience

College Essay Guy

• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• College Essay Specialist

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  I guide students through the process of reflecting on their lives to create compelling essays and applications.



Private Tutor

• Admissions Essay Specialist

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  *Establishes checkpoints and deadlines for students to complete "reach" and "safe" school applications. *Assists students in strategizing, planning, and revising compelling narratives to encapsulate academic, personal, and extra-curricular growth and achievement for long essays, short essays, and short questions. *Advises student art supplements.

• Honors and AP English Literature Tutor

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  *Supports students in Honors English; Advanced Placement Seminars: African American Literature, Poetry, Short Fiction, American Voices, and Shakespeare. *Leads critical engagement with homework texts in order to prepare for in class discussions. *Advises students in the outlining and writing process for all writing assignments including literary analysis and creative writing assignments. *Prepares students for in-class essays, midterms, and finals. *Leads test preparation for AP… Show more *Supports students in Honors English; Advanced Placement Seminars: African American Literature, Poetry, Short Fiction, American Voices, and Shakespeare. *Leads critical engagement with homework texts in order to prepare for in class discussions. *Advises students in the outlining and writing process for all writing assignments including literary analysis and creative writing assignments. *Prepares students for in-class essays, midterms, and finals. *Leads test preparation for AP Literature and AP Language exams. *Supports students with learning differences in utilizing their accommodations: communicating with teachers and creating learning aids such as notecards.

• Honors and AP US History Tutor

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  *Leads critical engagement with and understanding of historical events and texts. *Guides students in preparing for in-class DBQ and multiple choice assessments as well as the AP US History exam. *Assists students in strategizing, planning, and revising multi-source thesis driven argumentative essays.



CRAFT Dance Series

• Artistic Director

  • 2015 - Present

  Mountain View, CA Director, choreographer, and dancer for two week experimental choreographic laboratory that cultivates a high-stakes, time-sensitive environment in order to produce works that are instinctive and raw; and at the same time cohesive, imaginative, grand.



Contra Costa School of Performing Arts

• Teacher

  • Aug 2018 - Jun 2021

  Led Advanced Ballet and Choreographic Methods classes and conducted rehearsals where I guided students through the choreographic process toward creating new works for school concerts and performances.



Pacific Ballet Academy

• Faculty Instructor

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2020

  Mountain View, CA



Menlowe Ballet

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Dancer

  • Feb 2015 - May 2018

  Menlo Park, CA Performed in works by Donald McKayle, Gregory Dawson, Reginald Ray-Savage, and Michael Lowe. Commissioned to set a new work on the company, which premiered in 2017.



West Valley College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Oct 2014 - Aug 2017

  Saratoga, CA I led courses in ballet, choreographic methods, and dance history; conducted rehearsals; and set original choreographic works on dancers.



University of California, Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Associate

  • Sep 2012 - Jun 2014

  Irvine, CA I developed curriculum and taught Ballet to undergraduates and assisted professors in teaching the following courses: American Ballet and Modern; Gender, Ballet, and Culture; Introduction to Ballet and Modern Dance; Introduction to Music; Digital Media: Current Directions; Digital Media: History & Foundations.



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partnership Program Coordinator, The Stanford Fund

  • Oct 2011 - Jun 2012

  Stanford, CA Connected undergraduate students, and their voluntary student organizations (VSO's), to funding through The Stanford Fund. Worked to deepen the connection between students, donors, and the broader campus community. Played a key role in facilitating these connections and managing students as they completed stewardship. I enjoyed working with students, supporting passion projects, and creating fun and compelling programs that instilled lasting and positive impressions.

• Arts Intern

  • Jul 2011 - Jun 2012

  Stanford, CA My two main roles included 1) assisting the Director of Arts with hiring, planning, marketing, programming, and event implementation for the summer Arts Intensive and 2) organizing and directing high profile speaker events for The Stanford Storytelling Project.

• Director, An Art Affair

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2011

  Stanford University Planned, organized, and managed Stanford's largest art festival showcasing the talents of Stanford students, faculty, and staff in an array of visual, performance and spoken word arts.