My Learning Springboard's faculty is comprised of top-notch educators at every level from private, public, and charter schools as well as colleges, universities, and subject matter experts in their respective industries. Our faculty is based in the 
Isabelle Appleton is an academic tutor, editor, and writer with extensive experience in education, literary publishing, and test preparation. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at NYU, where she designed and teaches Introduction to Prose and Poetry, a hybrid craft class/workshop that emphasizes the fundamentals of writing including close reading, composition, grammar, and revision. She has taught creative writing to a wide range of students, from first-generation precollege learners to aspiring novelists to ESL learners. She’s even taught creative writing to residential hospital communities and incarcerated New Yorkers through correspondence programs.
Beyond the classroom, Isabelle has built a career in literary and academic publishing. For the past three years, she has worked in Editorial at The Princeton Review, where she supports the Editor-in-Chief in developing content ranging from test prep books to instructional videos to comprehensive study guides. She has considerable experience with college essay writing and editing, most notably as one of the editors of Essays That Kicked Apps: 55+ Unforgettable College Application Essays That Got Students Accepted. She has also worked in editorial for The Washington Square Review, The Bias Magazine, The New Press, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Prior to graduate school, she worked in the Literary Department at WME, where she supported award-winning authors including Amor Towles, Tressie McMillan Cottom, and Jacqueline Woodson.
Isabelle draws on these professional experiences in her teaching, giving students a window into the real-world contexts of writing, editing, and readership. Whether guiding a student through close reading an essay or story, brainstorming a supplemental college application essay, refining grammar and revision skills, or mentoring advanced creative writing projects, she encourages students to see writing as a mode of inquiry that fosters curiosity, critical thinking, and confidence in high school, college, and beyond.
Her own fiction has appeared in acclaimed literary journals including Conjunctions, Joyland, The New England Review, Protean Magazine, and more. Her short story “Tank” is being adapted into a single-story print edition with Loose Tooth Press, alongside work by authors including Tao Lin. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the PEN/Dau Prize, received NYU’s 2024 Thesis Research Award, and was recently awarded the Alpine Fellowship. In 2025, she will be a resident at the UCross Foundation. Isabelle views her writing and teaching as inseparable, encouraging students to see writing not only as a technical skill, but as a way of asking questions of ourselves, each other, and the world.
She holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU, where she was awarded the Goldwater Fellowship–a full-tuition and stipend award–and worked with Jeffrey Eugenides, Raven Leilani, Katie Kitamura, and Garth Greenwell. She earned her BA in Religion from Vassar College, where she was Phi Beta Kappa and received the J. Howard Howson Prize for Excellence in the Study of Religion. Outside of her professional work, Isabelle loves reading, travel, her friends, and her cat, Missouri.
With over 14 years of experience in both independent and public schools, Mayra Licera is a dedicated and passionate educator specializing in early childhood and elementary education as well as Spanish language instruction. She holds a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Manhattanville College, with dual certification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Her teaching journey is deeply rooted in a family tradition of early childhood educators, and her commitment to fostering a love of learning is evident in every aspect of her work.
Abigail Jenson is patient, calm and supportive. Her experiences in education range from PreK to middle and high school students. She is from Utah, where she studied Family and Consumer Science Education at Brigham Young University. In June of 2024, she left her beloved job teaching child development, early childhood education, sewing, and fashion design to high school students to pursue a master’s degree at New York University in Environmental Conservation Education. She currently holds a teaching certificate for the New York State Education Department for Family and Consumer Science Education. Within her teaching experience, she has assisted in curriculum development, spoken at leadership and educator conferences, collaborated with colleagues creating learning resources, and participated in professional development opportunities. She genuinely enjoys being a teacher in formal and informal settings and values her students and relationships built in the process of teaching and learning together.
Ida Munoz has been a NYC DOE public school teacher since 2005. Her career started at the PS 90 campus and she has happily remained on the same campus for the past 20 years. She has taught special class instruction, integrated co-teaching and 
Georgia Good is a graduate student at NYU, earning an MA in Environmental Conservation Education. As an NYU Steinhardt Scholar and Sustainability Leaders Fellow, she’s building a career in climate communication and engagement, and she is excited to tutor alongside her studies.