Over the past 20 years, I have tutored thousands of students in high school and college admissions testing, launched innovative project-based learning programs for students of all ages, and opened new Top Score branches servicing students in Miami, FL, and Durham, NC. I’ve written articles, given talks and led panels on standardized tests, but ultimately the success of a tutor begins with the mastery of the exams. I graduated from Duke in 2004 knowing I wanted to teach and write and build something meaningful with heart that would reverberate far beyond my personal reach - a mandate to reach and inspire students. I know our area schools intimately, a DC native and DCPS and Landon School alum myself. I attended awkward middle school dances here. I played football after school until parents had to illuminate the field with their car headlights. I freaked out about college because it’s Washington D.C. and everybody freaks out about college. I understand your kid because I was your kid. My dream has grown into a mission-centric institution with operations that include 30 passionate educators teaching students across 4 continents. I take the ACT & SAT every few years to set the example for my tutors (they do it too) and achieve perfect scores using every technique that we teach. I didn’t achieve that in high school, but I do consistently now because the methodology I have created puts me at each step in a position to succeed. From the program plan to curated materials to the sessions themselves, I do the same for my students - put them in a position to succeed. Two decades of working with teenagers has provided me the expertise to offer unconditional support when it’s needed, tough love when it’s required, more graphics for visual learners, more call & response for those with attention deficits, bullet point learning for students with verbal neurodiversities, and so many other well-lit pathways to understanding for students who might otherwise feel they were walking alone in the dark. I treat each student as if they were my kid, and they see how viscerally I want them to succeed. That partnership is strong and rooted in trust, and the same spirit that made me start this company 20 years ago will drive me for the next 20.
Listed skills include Teaching, Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Standardized Testing, and 7 others.
