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I grew up in small-town Connecticut and completed the honors program at Boston College, graduating with a B.A. in English Literature. I moved to San Diego in 2007, and I’ve been working full-time as a test-prep tutor ever since.

I've gotten a perfect 170 on the GRE's verbal section (twice), and I've written some test-prep books, but I still enjoy tutoring, even after 11 years. When a student texts me that she aced the GRE or got into her reach school, I still literally jump up and down and grin.

In my spare time, I like traveling using miles and points (Japan is my favorite country to visit), reading (favorite authors include Haruki Murakami, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Philip Pullman), watching The Great British Bake-Off (and sometimes actually baking things), hiking and camping, and rooting for the Red Sox and Patriots.