Meet Our Tutors
Kaplan Premier's tutors are the foundation of our service.
Having graduated our rigorous training and development program,
they all share the same level of excellence: near-perfect scores
(in the 95th percentile or above), previous instructional
experience, and—most importantly—the ability to create an
interactive one-on-one learning environment based on the
individual needs of each student.
Here are just a few of the tutors who work with Kaplan Premier
students in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. At the onset of any
tutoring program, your Academic Coordinator will conduct our
Tutor Matching Interview to find the best
possible tutor for your child.
Faith
Subjects Tutored: PSAT Verbal, SAT Verbal, ACT Verbal
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Faith has been tutoring since she was in high school, and has worked with a variety of students. She taught English and Religious Studies classes at a bilingual high school in Honduras for a year before joining the Kaplan team. Aside from her test preparation experience, Faith has taught or tutored Spanish, English as a Second Language, Classical Greek, and piano.
Degrees Earned: B.S. in Church Ministries, Southwestern University; M.Div. with concentration in Biblical Languages, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
Fun Fact: Faith was born in Kenya and has an identical twin sister.
Hobbies/Passions: Traveling, cooking, playing the piano, watching movies or soccer games
Favorite KP Experience: "I arrived at a student's house during a torrential storm, and by the time I reached the front door, I was completely soaked. Her mother wrapped me up in a towel and made me hot chocolate." :)
Marti M.
Subjects Tutored: SAT Verbal, SAT Math, LSAT, GRE (although I have yet to tutor for either of the post-grad tests)
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: 2 year of Kaplan tutoring, 3 years of teaching (and tutoring for) high school English.
Degrees Earned: B.A. in English, Yale University
Fun Fact: I coach the Keller High School JV Volleyball team.
Hobbies/Passions: travel, volleyball, good books, friends, learning, politics
Favorite KP Experience: I have had amazing students!!
Ginny S.
Subjects Tutored: SAT Verbal
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Private tutoring experience with a Dallas family for over two years.
Degrees Earned:B.A. in English Literature, Southern Methodist University.
Fun Fact: I rode horses for six years growing up and was on the SMU Equestrian team.
Hobbies/Passions: Stimulating conversations; excellent food; horseback riding; reading books outside, especially in autumn; and going somewhere I've never been before — especially if I've read about it in a book first!
Favorite KP Experience: My anticipation to meet the students I'm going to be tutoring.
Kathryn S.
Subjects Tutored: SAT Critical Reading, Writing, and Math
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Spent a year in Vienna, Austria, teaching English as a second language
Degrees Earned: Working toward a B.S. in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at UT Dallas
Fun Fact: I own thirteen copies of Pride and Prejudice in a total of ten different languages. (Sadly, I can’t read a word of most of them.)
Hobbies/Passions: Traveling, photography, reading
Favorite KP Experience: I've just started, so I don’t have one quite yet!
Liz C.
Subjects Tutored: SAT, ACT, ISEE
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: I teach college-level writing and government classes at a local community college, and previously taught journalism at the University of Arkansas.
Degrees Earned: B.A. in Journalism, George Washington University; M.A. in Journalism, University of Arkansas; M.L.S. in Library Science, Texas Woman's University; Ph.D. in Political Science (in progress), University of Texas at Dallas.
Fun Fact: One of my favorite things about living in Dallas is all of the local theater in the city. I love going to smaller plays with friends.
Hobbies/Passions: Reading, writing, movies, spending time with my family and my basset hound Rags
Favorite KP Experience: Each student I've worked with has been special, but I think my favorite tutoring experiences have been with students who really dig in and work hard to apply the new strategies to sometimes difficult material. I love watching those students improve lesson to lesson, and of course the ultimate payoff is when their scores shoot up on Test Day!
Albert V.
Subjects Tutored: SAT, ACT
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: 2 years of middle school math tutoring before joining Kaplan Premier.
Degrees Earned: Working on Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree at UNTHSC-TCOM.
Fun Fact: I am the 19-year-old in my medical school class!
Hobbies/Passions: Automobiles, Medicine, Reading, Movies, Racquetball
Favorite KP Experience: Leading the way for a particular student to attend college and stick to a regular degree plan by raising his ACT score.
Sarah S.
Subjects Tutored: SAT/MCAT/DAT
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Kaplan MCAT/DAT teacher; general and organic chemistry tutor for Texas Christian University; Science tutor for Athletic Academic Services at Texas Christian University; substitute teacher, Fort Worth ISD (January 2007).
Degrees Earned: B.S. in neuroscience (December 2007), Texas Christian University
Fun Fact: I have two extra bones in my body; I found this out only after breaking one of my ankles while in my ballet class.
Hobbies/Passions: Anything related to science, anything in Spanish, travel, medical mission work, good books.
Favorite KP Experience: Seeing that "Aha!" moment and knowing I helped my students reach that point in their studies.
Joe
Subjects Tutored: SAT Verbal
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Two years as a classroom teacher and three years as a private tutor before joining Kaplan Premier.
Degrees Earned: B.A. in English Literature, Yeshiva University (NY); M.A. in Education, Yeshiva University (NY)
Fun Fact: On a hiking trip, I jumped off a 235-ft. mountain cliff into a pool of water...and lived to tell the story!
Hobbies/Passions: Sports, my family, any business publication and cookie dough ice cream.
Favorite KP Experience: Watching my students outsmart the SAT using Kaplan methods and then realizing that they are just as clever as the testmakers.
Peter
Subjects Tutored: SAT Math
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Biology Lab T.A., Informal Math and Science tutoring with family and friends before training and tutoring with Kaplan Premier.
Degrees Earned: B.S. in Biology with Minor in Medical & Scientific Humanities, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Fun Fact: Curious as I am, I like going to new places and getting lost. When I was in Japan, I often took side paths where I found transient sights like an elder praying at a shrine or sunlight filtering through a forest mist. Even in Dallas, you might find me driving along a random road.
Hobbies/Passions: Traveling, Music, Piano, Enjoying good company, Reading, Movies, Aquariums.
Favorite KP Experience: When a student glows with delight because I had made Math easier for them.
Sara R.
Subjects Tutored: SAT Critical Reading, SAT Math, SAT Writing
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Before my experience with Kaplan, I had the pleasure of tutoring students in all areas of math in my high school.
Degrees Earned: I plan on receiving my B.S. in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University in May 2008.
Fun Fact: I love pop culture and read every fashion/celebrity magazine out there!
Hobbies/Passions: Books (fiction mostly) and movies and I love England, I got to study at Oxford over the summer in 2006.
Favorite KP Experience: I love developing friendships with my students, when before and after a lesson we can talk about life outside the SAT!