About Me

I am a graduate from Kalamazoo College. I received my Bachelors in International and Area Studies with minors in History and Spanish with a focus in Latin American Studies. Throughout undergrad, I have worked closely with Kalamazoo College's Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) to get involved with local students and schools. With programs such as Homework Champions Tutoring (HCT), I tutored displaced students residing in the Kalamazoo area and speaking English as their second language. I have worked as a tutor and teacher's assistant for El Sol Elementary, one of the few Spanish and English-speaking schools in Michigan. Though in-country experience with the CCE has been valuable, I gained experience living abroad in Quito, Ecuador working as a volunteer English teaching assistant at Carlos Aguilar Elementary. When working with students who come from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, it can be challenging to form interpersonal relationships. That is why I aim to gain students' trust via shared interests or experiences. This environment based on trust allows for knowledge exchange and demonstrates that I, as a teacher, am here to teach but to learn from my students. These strategies reflect the pedagogy that I want to bring to a classroom, that language learning in all its forms can only happen based on commonality and trust between teacher and student. I love to assist English language learners achieve their academic goals but I am also experienced in tutoring Spanish, History, English, and essay writing.

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