I assist students applying to professional and graduate schools with writing-related issues and concerns, from generating and organizing the content of their application essays to developing their sense of grammar and writing style.

I started working at the Career Services Center on a temporary basis when I was still a graduate student here at UCSD.  After I completed my Ph.D. in Literature, I was happy to be hired by the Career Services Center on a permanent basis, and also to continue to teach writing courses here on campus.

The best part is when students realize that in order to become better writers, they have to become more critical thinkers – that there’s no template or formula you can follow that can make you a good writer – and seeing the resulting improvement in their writing.

Focus on developing intellectual curiosity as opposed to merely acquiring knowledge, because the latter is meaningless without the former.

I’m reading, writing, watching TV, or playing guitar and/or piano (but not all at the same time).