About Stella:

A year after I graduated, I spent a year in new york City doing nothing but tutoring. I did a year of service in an Americorps program called City Year where for 50+ hours a week, I tutored one on one and in small groups. I helped mostly middle school students with all of their core subjects--math, English, reading, science, languages, etc. The kids not only loved working with me, but improved greatly in the classroom and with their test scores.

I have the great ability to understand how learning certain things is hard and the ability to come up with new ways of teaching a student so that he/she understands. I've gone through several different approaches to teaching one type of thing. I never give up and I have a lot of patience.

I have graduated magna cum laude with a bachelors degree in music from the University of north carolina Greensboro and have taught many students privately how to read music and play an instrument--piano and double bass in both NYC and North Carolina. I will also be continuing my education by going to nursing school.

Along with teaching general courses in elementary, middle school and high school levels, I can also tutor Spanish (I've taken Spanish for 7 years up to Junior level Spanish in College), music theory/teaching how to read music, I can teach good study habits, and I am an excellent writer and proofreader. I can help develop life-long important writing skills.