For the past 30+ years, Sondra has been immersed in the fields of teaching, writing, and editing. After working as a technical writer, marketing writer, editor, and published author in high-tech for many years, she became a dedicated tutor for high school and middle school students over 20 years ago and has been guiding and mentoring students around the Bay Area and across the U.S. ever since.

Her teaching expertise includes SAT/ACT/PSAT prep, AP Literature, AP Language and Composition, private school entrance exams (HSPT/ISEE), essay writing of all kinds (middle school/high school, grad school, summer programs, scholarships), critical reading skills, and public speaking.

Her students have consistently achieved superior results on the PSAT and SAT, many becoming National Merit Scholarship winners.

Subjects Covered

• English (middle school through high school level)

• Creative Writing

• Public Speaking

• All forms of essay writing (middle school through grad school level)

• AP English Language and Composition

• AP English Literature and Composition

Tests Covered

• ACT English, Reading, and Science

• SAT Reading and Writing

• PSAT

• AP English Language and Composition

• AP English Literature and Composition

• HSPT

• ISEE

Specialties

• Raising SAT English scores by 200 points by teaching critical strategies as well as content.

• Helping students achieve higher scores on the AP English FRQs. 95% of my students achieve 5s on the exams.

• Helping students learn to write high-scoring analytical essays in response to literature prompts, especially for on-demand, in-class essays.

• Raising students' English grades to As.

• Help in analyzing literature.