As a teacher of many decades who has also been a dedicated student, I hold credentials in Art, English, French, History and Graphic Design/Multimedia ( my Bachelors were in French and English and Masters in Art). I have spent at least 10 years teaching these subjects to students at the elementary, middle, high and college levels. I am a natural teacher who can readily engaging students. Paying attention to an individual student's learning style and needs as well as the capacity to design engaging, meaningful curricula are essential for student learning to occur. Over the years, I have also tutored many students; again, of all grade levels and aptitudes - elementary students in all subject areas,  and middle, high school and college students in all core subjects. I have an especially strong background in helping K- college students develop their reading, writing, critical thinking, study and organizational skills. While I excel in the Humanities, I have also successfully tutored high school students in Biology and have helped them prep for the SAT and GRE. Finally, I spent six years teaching ART at Berkeley's TWI school, Silvia Mendez, in Spanish so I am comfortable teaching high school level Spanish I and II.