One of the first things you learn in any writing class is to not be afraid of writing a terrible first draft. It is called a "rough" draft for a reason. This is a lesson I try to pass on to the students I tutor. Instead of trying to find the perfect words right away, write something - anything - down, even if it's terrible. It is much easier to edit and refine words that already exist than to produce perfection out of nothing

Outside of tutoring I work at Cleveland Cavaliers, Browns and Monsters games as a part of the video production crew. And if I am not working one of those games, I'm either out rock climbing or watching Netflix at home with my cat.

I wrote, directed, and edited a short film for my senior thesis project for my undergraduate degree at Northwestern University. Despite a minuscule budget and countless production obstacles, my crew and I made the impossible happen and the film turned out even better than I had hoped. The film was later accepted into multiple film festivals throughout the country.

I had some truly fantastic English teachers at Shaker Heights High School and enjoyed a lot of the books they assigned. Some of my favorites were A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Night by Elie Wiesel, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.