One-on-one tutoring for students with unique abilities and learning differences — paced to the student in front of me, not to a curriculum calendar.
Why me
I am the parent of a child on the autism spectrum. Everything I know about this world I learned by walking into it: the evaluations, the paperwork, the meetings where everyone uses acronyms, the long stretch where you are simply trying to figure out what your child actually needs and who is supposed to provide it. Families of neurotypical children never have to learn any of it.
I turned that into the work itself. As an at-risk and exceptional student teacher, tutor, and advocate with Family Network on Disabilities, I support students of every age and background, and build the practical skill that matters most in this work: keeping a student regulated, engaged, and moving forward — on the days that go well and the days that don't.
That is what I bring to a session. Not a script, and not surprise when something is hard.
What I help with
Finding the exact place where understanding stopped, rebuilding from there, and moving at whatever pace makes the next step stick. Assignments, test prep, and keeping up with what's due.
Routines, transitions, redirection, and de-escalation that keep a session productive — plus the everyday social practice that happens naturally in one-on-one work. This is classroom-style behavior management, not clinical behavioral services.
Getting started, breaking work into pieces, tracking deadlines, organizing materials, and learning to ask for what you need. For many students this is the part that unlocks the academics.
Plain-language help reading an IEP, EP, or 504 plan, understanding what a school meeting is for, and knowing which questions to ask. Shared from experience as a parent and an educator — not legal or advisory services.
Subjects & students
What this is not. I provide academic tutoring and academic support only. I do not provide speech, occupational, physical, or behavioral therapy, and I do not diagnose or evaluate learning disabilities. Families needing those services should work with a licensed professional in that field.
Background
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and Anthropology[, 20__] Florida International University
Professional experience
At-Risk and Exceptional Student Teacher, Tutor, and Advocate Family Network on Disabilities [· 20__–present] — one-on-one and small-group academic support for students of all ages with disabilities, including behavior management and adapted instruction.
Lived experience
Parent of a child on the autism spectrum A decade of navigating evaluations, school plans, services, and advocacy from the family's side of the table.
My degree is in how people learn and adapt within the systems they live in. In practice that means I spend less time asking a student to fit the material and more time reshaping the material to fit the student.
Paying for sessions
I am currently applying to become a Direct Pay service provider through Step Up For Students, which administers Florida's education scholarships — including the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA).
Families using scholarship funds can pay through the Education Marketplace once that account is active. Private-pay families are welcome as well — ask about rates.
Get in touch
Grade level, what's been hard, and what you've already tried. I'll reply within one business day with whether I think I can help and what a first session would look like.