Queens, New York, United States
Fear that a person’s story has no value can hold any writer back. An education professional with over a decade of experience designing and teaching creative writing workshops for students of all ages. The creator of the award-winning storytelling series No, YOU Tell It!, who excels at fostering a room filled with warmth and levity where writers of all levels can gain a new perspective on their personal stories. Contact me for more information on group workshops or private coaching.
Creator of a nonfiction reading series that switches up the storytelling. No, YOU Tell It! (noyoutellit.com) storytellers collaborate with the creative team to develop true tales on the page, then swap stories to embody their story partner’s culture, identity, and life experience on stage. The series values cooperation over competition, and the camaraderie this creates lives beyond show night. Key Achievements and Responsibilities: - Recruit storytellers, facilitate story development meetings, establish and maintain relationships with venues - Manage the production calendar, budget, and creative team - Direct the performances, host the live shows, and produce the podcast - Plan and execute fundraising initiatives, including writing 24 successful grant proposals - Produce special student shows at Symphony Space to inspire high school students working on their collegee application essays with the power of personal storytelling
Working with hundreds of high school students to find and craft college application essays that highlight their unique character for admissions officers through authentic storytelling. Focus on sensory details to create an emotional connection with the reader through a combination of generative exercises, personalized feedback, and guidance on revision techniques. Key Achievements and Responsibilities: - Design and lead House of SpeakEasy’s summer SpeakTogether College Essay Writing Workshop in partnership with Union Settlement’s College Readiness Program at NYU (July 2023–2025) and, in 2025, expanded the summer program into a series of fall workshops, student support days, and a No, YOU Tell It! student story swap at Talent Unlimited High School - Spearhead of a second month-long summer SpeakTogether College Essay Writing Workshop at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Queens in July 2025, where participating students complete a first draft of their Common App personal statement and receive a set of revision techniques - Collaborate with House of SpeakEasy and New York Junior Tennis & Learning in the Bronx to provide tailored college essay support for students in their Scholar Athlete Program in July 2026 - Created two-week online college essay workshops for The Center for Fiction (2021–2023); a 16-hour college essay writing workshop for students from all over the globe for Summerfuel’s CAP Columbia program at Columbia University in July of 2017, 2019, and for the 2020 Summerfuel Virtual program; and provided one-on-one college essay writing support for a cohort of 8–9 high school seniors on Saturdays in the fall through Legal Outreach, a legal education non-profit that prepares urban youth from underserved communities in NYC for college (2016–2019)
Provide editorial support for the Advanced Placement (AP) Program’s summer curricular publications (Scoring Guidelines, Sample Responses, Chief Reader Reports) produced in conjunction with the annual AP Reading and published on AP Central. Key Achievements and Responsibilities: - Drive content delivery and production deadlines for 10–12 AP subjects simultaneously - Build collaborative relationships with over 20 individual AP subject-matter experts and work together to review all deliverables for clarity, accuracy, and strict adherence to College Board editorial guidelines - Provide “fresh eyes” proofreading for other team members, which includes fact-checking and correcting errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation
Guiding 11th Grade Scholars in SEO's enrichment program to help them craft strong and competitive essays for scholarship applications.
Writing Instructor in the Creative Writing department and the College Writing Program, teaching Introduction to Creative Writing, Composition I: Rhetoric and Inquiry, and Composition II: Research and Argument. Key Achievements and Responsibilities: - Develop syllabus and learning sequence for the course - Instruct students in the fundamentals of creative and academic writing through lectures, close reading, low and high-stakes writing assignments, written feedback, and class discussion - Masterclass Creative Nonfiction instructor for the 2025 MFA Creative Writing Summer Residency - Proficient in teaching in-person, online, and hybrid courses