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Ashley R.

Private tutor in Placitas, NM

Education

Bryn Mawr College - Bachelors Degree in English, concentration in Creative Writing and minor in Film Studies , G.P.A-3.7, Magna Cum Laude with additional English Department Honors -I wrote my English undergraduate thesis on how the female gaze is manifested in Billy Wilder’s film, Sunset Boulevard (1950), through the character of Norma Desmond. -Fall Intensive Course: In the fall of 2014, I took a course in “Fundamentals of Community Arts,” in which I learned the many different roles an artist plays in helping out his/her community. I created possible lesson plans for art students as well as visited my instructor’s program, ACPPA Community Art Center, in Norristown, PA. -National University of Ireland, Galway: In the fall of 2013, as part of my Junior year abroad, I took classes in English literature and Irish studies in Ireland’s western province. I traveled throughout Ireland and to Scotland, Spain and England.

Experience

-Communications Volunteer: I am currently volunteering for County Commissioner Hart Stebbins of New Mexico’s District 3, helping her out with communication deeds and goals, 2015 -Santa Fe Opera Volunteer: I volunteered at the Santa Fe Opera in the Prop Shop department, 2014 -Blade’s Bistro: I worked at Blade’s Bistro, in Placitas, New Mexico, as a food runner, delivering food to customers, busing tables as well as hosting and training as a beginner server, 2012-2014 -Sunset Mesa School: For my high-school Senior experience, I volunteered as a teacher’s aid in my former 5th grade teacher’s classroom, 2011 -SummerPrep: I worked as a camp counselor for little kids, aiding them in their daily classes, 2010-2011 -I traveled to Le Cap Ferret, France where I stayed with a host family for three weeks in the summer and practiced my conversational French, 2008 Why I Want to Be A Tutor: I love reading, writing, playwriting, Shakespeare, Irish Literature, film history and theory. Working as a tutor would continue to satisfy my love for anything literary, working with others and serving the community. I think what would make me a great tutor is my love of learning, passion for books, compassion for others, good listening skills, a mutual understanding of how difficult studying a subject in school can be, in my case math, my positivity and my patience. I want to be a tutor so I can be a part of the process of helping to educate students so they can pursue their future goals.

Subject Expertise

Journalism British Literature Grammar and Mechanics Creative Writing College Essays English Essay Editing Expository Writing Fiction Writing French Introduction to Fiction Introduction to Poetry 12th Grade Writing Literary Analysis Literature Persuasive Writing Poetry Writing Reading Shakespeare Short Novel Study Skills And Organization Vocabulary World Literature Writing 7th Grade Reading 1st Grade Reading 2nd Grade Reading 2nd Grade Writing 3rd Grade Reading 3rd Grade Writing 4th Grade Reading 4th Grade Writing 5th Grade Reading 6th Grade Reading 5th Grade Writing 6th Grade Writing 1st Grade Writing 7th Grade Writing 8th Grade Reading 8th Grade Writing 9th Grade Reading 9th Grade Writing 10th Grade Reading 10th Grade Writing 11th Grade Reading American Literature 11th Grade Writing 12th Grade Reading

Availability

Mon/Wed/Fri after 2PM, Saturday in the morning, Sunday in the morning

Can Meet

Up to 45 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

-Co-Head Traditions Representative: elected to run Bryn Mawr College tradition activities for my dormitory, Pembroke West, 2015 -Arts Editor and contributor to Bryn Mawr and Haverford College’s Bi-College News, 2014-2015 -Wrote, directed and starred in my own one-act play for Bryn Mawr and Haverford College’s first Bi-College Original Works’ One-Act Festival; also directed a Bryn Mawr peer’s original play, What Kind of Stories Are Even In A Feminist Bookstore?, for the second Bi-College Original Works’ One-Act Festival, 2014 -Contributor to Bryn Mawr College’s feminist, College News, 2013 -Wrote an informal travel blog, An American In Galway, to record all of my study abroad adventures, 2013 -Attended summer film lectures for alumnae at my high-school alma mater, on Elia Kazan, Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks, 2012-2014 •Additional Interests: Skiing, Writing, Zumba, Ballroom Dancing, Ballet, Irish Literature, Opera, Film Theory

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