Working as a Social Studies teacher the past 10 years has afforded me the chance to both share my skills as an historian with bright young scholars and become a better teacher myself. As I spend more time as a teacher I have found my desire to be a full fledged historian has dwindled slightly while my passion for teaching has grown exponentially. I have been lucky enough to teach American history and writing at colleges here in the city, global history at a high school in the Bronx, and U.S. history, ELA, philosophy, and Civil Rights in Brooklyn, and Government & Economics along with AP Psychology in Queens. I have a proven track record of success and have been rated both effective and highly-effective in numerous evaluations. I also have experience working as a tutor for after school and summer programs, with both small groups and individual students.