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Please write a short headline that best describes you as a tutor. For example: algebra expert with 5 years experience. For the two fields below, we would like to be able to deliver information about your professional experience and a short biography to your new clients without having to transmit your entire cv. Please consider this will be sent to clients when we "Introduce" you via email before each first session.

Example biography-- during the 1990s, I lived in paris, france for 11 years. In the early 2000s, after returning to the us, I worked at the weather channel, presenting the weather in french, and later went on to accuweather where I presented the weather in both french and english. After leaving accuweather I worked for several years as a science writer at university of tennessee, where I wrote press releases about research, and translated many of those press releases into french for french-speaking reporters. I also produced a video series (in both english and french) about research and new discoveries at tennessee. I have always enjoyed language and writing, putting words together like puzzle pieces to convey information or to inspire an emotion. I love grammar and etymology, discovering the history of irregular verbs, and helping others to edit their work to develop crisp, meaningful prose. I have no children except for 3 dogs - and my husband is a research scientist at a lab. I enjoy night light and music festivals and doing agility training with my dogs.

Example experience-- I have mostly tutored french, including esl students. In the 1990s I lived in france for seven years, which is how I became fluent. I later worked in french-language industries in the united states. These included broadcasting (presenting the weather in french at the weather channel and accuweather) and science writing (at penn state, where I translated press releases). I help my students by offering the perspective of someone who also learned french as a second language, but became fluent through immersion and industry experience. Because I also have a writing and english background I can explain the structure of french grammar and syntax in a way that clicks with english speakers.