I have tutored thousands of students over the past twelve years; 99% of them have increased their verbal scores on standardized tests. I have helped students on tests including SAT, ACT, LSAT, ISEE, SSAT, GMAT, GRE, as well as AP and SAT Subject Tests. I tutor in person and via Skype, helping students from across the country and across the world, including many private schools in Cleveland, as well as Exeter, Horace Mann, Tory Pines of San Diego, the American Overseas Schools of Florence and Tokyo. In addition to private test preparation, I conduct seminars and bootcamps throughout the country. I have assisted hundreds of students with college essays, writing projects, resumes, and interviewing skills.   I grew up in Columbus, Georgia, attended a public high school, and used my academic gifts to help pay for college and law school. I graduated valedictorian of my Newcomb College class at Tulane University in l982, I was a Wigmore Scholar at Northwestern University School of Law in 1982, and I finished my law school degree at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in l985, graduating Magna Cum Laude. I was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1985, and I worked privately for the law firm of Ulmer, Berne before being appointed as a federal court clerk to Justice Thomas Lambros of the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio .While raising four children, and doing extensive volunteer work at their schools, I did freelance corporate writing and editing, and co authored From Diploma to Dream Job, which was published in 2012. I have also edited several cookbooks and authored online travel articles about living in Italy, where I resided with my family for almost two years.