I'm Mike. I graduated magna cum laude from SUNY Cortland with a Bachelor's degree in History. I also minored in Professional Writing. As a sophomore in college, I became a peer writing skills tutor. I quickly developed a passion for helping peers improve their papers and writing skills to foster an affinity and appreciation for what an invaluable asset writing can be. During my two full years as a peer tutor, I developed a personable, laid-back, and collaborative approach to ensure my students don't dread writing and feel genuinely confident they can write academically on their own.

After college, I worked abroad in Ecuador and India as an English teacher, community developer, and cross-cultural ambassador with two non-profits. From there, I worked as an education volunteer in Ethiopia through the Peace Corps. During this time, I worked with students of all ages and walks of life more conventionally. Upon returning home, I was offered a job tutoring for the reputable tutor.com as a college essay writing tutor. I held that position for over two years. A nearly identical position on the tutorme.com platform was my most recent tutoring position. This company maintains an extremely competitive 4% acceptance rate for their tutors, so they only take candidates who they feel are masterful. These two positions were fully remote, so I also learned a lot more about how best to work with students digitally and what changes and adaptations need to be made to ensure quality work is always done.

Working as a tutor and ever-aspiring educator imbues me with gratification, humility and solace. It has been my life's honor to have overseen and assisted the growth and development of hundreds of individual students. I vow to invest and devote my most concerted efforts to each session and individual student I work with. I can be reached regularly throughout the day, and am flexible with scheduling and session coordination. Please feel free to reach out to me with any additional questions and to schedule lessons. Thank you.