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Nathalie Biju-Duval

February 2, 2023

Born and raised in Paris, France, Nathalie Biju-Duval spent summers in Catalunya, Spain, where her family still owns a home in the small town of Begur. It was here, while playing with other children her age, that Nathalie became fluent in Spanish.

Nathalie’s family relocated to Grenoble, France (near the Alps) where she attended High School at the Lycée Champollion, a public school. She then attended the Law University of Assas in Paris, where she received her Masters in International and European Law. She was always interested in traveling and meeting people from various countries, believing that the ability to communicate in different languages is key to appreciating various cultures and having a greater understanding of the world.

In the nineties, Nathalie Biju-Duval moved to New York City and began working at an International law firm as an intern before becoming a paralegal specializing in US/French/Spanish business transactions. Along with overseeing and supervising a staff of three assistants and two paralegals, Nathalie translated numerous documents and contracts from French/Spanish into English and vice/versa. She also served as the interpreter for attorneys and clients of the firm.

Nathalie is also very good at interacting with young people and has very close relationships with her niece and nephews with whom she has a strong trusted connection. She also helped the daughter of a very good friend of hers when she became interested in learning French and enrolled in classes in college. On many occasions, Nathalie assisted her when she needed help with her assignments. She guided her throughout the chapters with patience and understanding, helping to improve her vocabulary and correcting her translations and syntax. Nathalie always tried to be very positive and encouraging, which really helped her a lot in achieving her goal. It is these relationships that inspired Nathalie to work with middle, high school, and college students as a private tutor.

Hillary Jordan

January 30, 2023

Hillary Jordan is an internationally bestselling author, screenwriter, writing teacher, and public speaker whose novels, Mudbound and When She Woke, have been translated into 16 languages. Mudbound won the prestigious PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, among other awards, and was adapted into a 2017 Netflix film that earned four Academy Award Nominations. Hillary has an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia and a BA in English from Wellesley College. She speaks French with near fluency.

Hillary is a passionate proponent of good writing as an essential life skill that is an invaluable asset in any academic, social, or professional endeavor. She takes great pride in helping students of all levels express themselves with greater confidence, clarity, and concision.

Using a flexible approach tailored to each individual’s needs and strengths, she gives students the analytical and linguistic tools to write with intention and structure compelling arguments that persuade a reader, whether it be an English teacher, a college admissions director, or a grader for the ACT essays.

Hillary received a 5 on the AP English exam and has scored consistently in the 99th percentile in the Reading/Writing/Language sections of standardized tests, including the ACT, PSAT, SAT, and GRE. She is excited to help students navigate these tests and make them less intimidating by teaching them how to break down essays and literary passages into their elements and read closely for enhanced comprehension.

Hillary’s essays and reviews have been published in The New York Times Book Review, McSweeney’s, PASTE, and Outside Magazine. She has taught workshops for Stanford, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Hudson Opera House, as well as many workshops and craft talks at literary festivals.

She is represented for screenwriting by Anonymous Content and has been a member of the Writer’s Guild of America East since 2019. She lives in Brooklyn, along with half the writers in America.

Jordi Rozenman

February 13, 2020

Jordi Rozenman is a highly experienced and enthusiastic private tutor specializing in writing, reading, and literature. She taught high school English for five years in public and private schools, and was the Associate Director of College Counseling at The Field School in Washington, DC. Jordi is currently pursuing a master’s degree in the great books program at St. John’s College. While attending graduate school, she has had the pleasure of working with the college office at Georgetown Day School, helping seniors in all stages of writing their college essays. In the summer of 2019, Jordi became an online discussion leader for Classical Academic Press, leading students in thoughtful and vibrant discussion in courses such as The Odyssey and Oedipus Rex. Outside the classroom, she has extensive private tutoring experience with students from DC and Northern Virginia schools.

Jordi Rozenman is the winner of an ETS Award for Excellence on the English Language, Literature, and Composition Praxis exam, and completed the College Board’s training to teach AP Literature. In October 2019, she had the opportunity to present at the annual conference of the Association for Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, giving a paper entitled “Literature for Human Beings,” drawing on her experiences teaching English. She has published op-eds as well as poetry, and is thrilled about her recent poetry publication in Confluence. You can also find her poems in Hill Rag, Colloquy, and Energeia. She has been a featured poetry reader at the DC literary reading series The Inner Loop, and at the Capitol Hill Book Fest.

Beyond reading and writing, Jordi loves dance, and was the founder and coach of the dance team at The Field School. She had the great fortune to study at the Sorbonne in Paris during college, and for this reason is also a huge fan of French food (most importantly, Nutella). She is a hot chocolate connoisseur, and can tell you the best places to find hot chocolate in DC, ranked. Jordi adores working with students and discussing anything to do with books and writing (even grammar), and can’t wait to discuss with you!

Alexandra Belliveau

October 1, 2019

Alexandra Belliveau is passionate about helping students expand and enhance their knowledge of language. As a private tutor and teacher in the New York City Department of Education, Alexandra has worked with hundreds of students to improve not only their basic understandings of English, but also to excel in college-level literature classes. She has guided students through the college application process and has tutored students for the SAT or ACT. She currently works as a 7th grade ESL teacher in Queens, New York where she uses project-based learning to engage students in a meaningful exploration of the English Language. She has been known to teach English through bicycle mechanics, newspaper writing, and comic books.

Alexandra Belliveau was raised in Rochester, New York and attended Binghamton University where she majored in Comparative Literature and French Language. As an undergraduate, she spent a year in Montpellier, France where she studied urban planning and translation. After graduating, she moved to Moscow, Russia where she was an English and French teacher in a private school. While there, in addition to developing curriculum for both the English and French departments, she helped to organize a Shakespeare Festival and a school newspaper.

After two years in Russia, Alexandra returned to New York to attend Teachers College at Columbia University, where she was a Teaching Resident in the TESOL department. She has presented at several food-education conferences, including Just Food, and has continued to work as a translator from Russian to English and French to English. She is currently learning Spanish and hopes to use her knowledge of languages to continue work on a handful of journalism projects.

In her free time, Alexandra rock climbs, gardens and volunteers in her community.

Nancy Zhang

January 14, 2019

Nancy Zhang graduated with a B.A. from Vassar College with General Honors and Departmental Honors in Chinese Language and Literature, as well as French and Francophone Studies. She was also awarded the Yin-Lien C. Chin Prize for her senior project: an English-to-Chinese translation of “Golden Child,” a play by David Henry Hwang. During her undergraduate career, Nancy received a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to study abroad in Beijing for one semester through the ACC Intensive Language and Culture Program at Minzu University. She returned two summers later to complete a Chinese teachers training program at the K-12 Teachers Institute.

Nancy began her teaching career upon graduation, starting at a sixth through twelfth grade preparatory school in West Hartford, Connecticut where she taught Chinese, served as a middle school academic advisor, and coached the middle school squash team. She also worked closely with the school’s Department of Diversity and Cultural Competency to advance the social justice and equity curriculum.

From there, Nancy moved on to work at another private school in Westport, Connecticut where she continued to teach Chinese to middle and high schoolers, and also had the opportunity to design an independent study high school French literature course. In her second year, Nancy served on a committee that oversaw the school’s reaccreditation process through CAIS (Connecticut Association of Independent Schools). This opportunity allowed her to develop a deep understanding of the various departments and division levels that contribute to the operations and success of a private school. In her third year there, in response to a lack of such a course, Nancy piloted a Health and Wellness class for seventh through ninth graders. She is currently in her fourth year at this school, and has branched out to working with five to seven year old students in subjects such as Science and Reading.

Nancy enjoys working with students of all ages, and is passionate about developing students’ self-awareness, compassion, and empathy in addition to academic pursuits. She has also provided in-person private tutoring as well as Skype e-tutoring sessions in subjects such as Chinese, Reading Comprehension, Writing Mechanics, and Executive Functioning and Organization Skills.

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