Write With Me

High School and College Essay Support

I love teenagers, and I love writing, and engaging with teenagers and writing at the same time is - for me - a pretty unbeatable experience! As a former high school English and Creative Writing teacher (for 15 years), I’ve taught essay-writing to hundreds of teenagers of all levels and abilities. From an all-girls convent school in Ireland to a private prep school in Princeton, from a boarding school for at-risk youth in Vermont to The Dwight School in New York City, I’ve guided students through countless rounds of academic essay writing, college essay and application prep, and personal memoir expression.  Many of my former students have won city-wide competitions.  All of them were accepted into their top choice high schools or universities.   I offer packages of three or more sessions – or simple, drop-in sessions - that allow for brainstorming, revising, accountability, and time for working on edits in between sessions.   It’s a challenge to get these applications and essays done!  Ongoing and regular connection and accountability held in warm, enthusiastic presence is the key to completing them… and having some fun in the process!

Writing Support for All

Writing is a portal towards the clarity and the creativity that lives in our unconscious, filters through our dreams, and winks at us in moments we least expect. Devoting time to put pen to paper on a regular basis - without constraint or the need to neatly craft and construct - can offer relief from worry, solutions to mental knots, and illumination where there had been darkness. As both a daily journal keeper (for over 30 years!) and a published writer, I understand intimately the connection between writing and transformation, journaling and joy.  If you are interested in starting or maintaining a journaling practice, seeking accountability for your writing project, relating to writing as a way towards greater self-knowledge, or wanting feedback and help with a specific piece of work, I offer the support you need to connect to your creativity and trust this amazing process as it unfolds.