Coming from a family of teachers, I've always had an appreciation for learning and teaching. I had my first teaching position as a piano teacher in middle school, and then expanded my subjects to Mandarin Chinese, reading, writing, art history, and SATs.

When I got to college, I tutored fellow students in college writing courses for several years, and helped kick-start online tutoring and ESL tutoring at the school's writing centers, working especially closely with international students ...