I am a first year graduate student studying fiction and multi-modal storytelling at SIU-Carbondale. I got my Bachelors degree in English Literacy with a specialization in creative writing. I am the be... st tutor for the student who "Hates Writing". By the end of our sessions you will never again struggle to write or articulate anything. In my undergrad I excelled in creating incredibly interesting and engaging essays that did not just get me good grades, but instead helped heighten my overall intelligence. I was never the best technical writer, nor am I the most literate. However, what I am good it is disintegrating the speech to page barrier that a lot of struggling students have. In other words-- I know how to make writing as easy as talking. In Grad school I was approached to be a tutor for struggling athletes. It was here where I realized my ability to understand the way a student thinks, and from that, create the exact way for them to understand what I am saying, and therefore what the prompt demands. Yes, I will help the students that I am tutoring get an A+ on their next paper, but any ole tutor can do that. What I do is make students both verbally articulate, and I bring to the front of their brains the most profound questions they can conjure. A few tutoring sessions with me and I will change the way in which you view writing. You will be able to harness the power of words and theory in a way that will better your engagement with society.read more

Hi, my name is Andrew, and I am a graduate student at SIUC with an undying passion for writing. I am from Evanston IL which is a suburb bordering Chicago. I wake up every morning around 6:00 am and wr... ite for roughly four hours. This has been my routine the past few years and it has emboldened me to take major risks as an artist. I am currently apart of three different production companies holding three distinct roles. I am the owner of my startup, I am Creative Director of a local production startup, and a production assistant on a film crew. I have written 12 feature length films, three short films, 25 episodes of TV, and composed 25 songs since March of 2020. I am self taught in music composition, teaching myself Bass guitar, piano, and songwriting. An extremely hard worker who loves to bring the drive out of his students. The person does not exist, who is without talent-- my passion is making people understand and manifest their genius so they become free thinking individuals who cannot be taken advantage of by systems of power. Writing is power-- I will teach you how to wield your thinking on the page and articulate it in a way that makes you a force to be reckoned with. As a person of color with learning disabilities, the main group I urge to reach out to me are in that same wheelhouse. To be clear, anyone struggling with writing or wanting to become better or more professional-- please don't hesitate to reach out! I specify POC's because I have first hand experience on how the system tries to attack, and I insist on teaching people how to defend. If you are a student struggling to realize yours-- I urge you to reach out to me so I can help you pass the class or meet whatever goal you have set out. I have never failed in making someone realize their importance, and I will not fail with you. Please, if you will, allow me to teach you how to write, so you can learn how to think, so you can think for yourself, and be on the offensive when it comes to the world.read more