Grade levels: Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary, High/Secondary

Jeanette is a credentialed teacher and a graduate of the University of Virginia. She is currently a high school English and French teacher. She also has experience with all ages as an ESL teacher.  Jeanette loves cooking, writing, and traveling. She is part of the first cohort of the New York Times Teaching Project and a current Haiti Teachers Fellow from the UNC-Duke Consortium. Jeanette also can assist with creative writing, reading intervention, Gifted and Talented K-12, AP Literature and AP French, ACT Prep and English as a Second Language.

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Grade levels: Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary, High School/Secondary

David has his Bachelor's degree in Geography from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is currently pursuing a Masters of Education in Elementary Ed. at Curry College. David has over 3 years of teaching experience with grades 3-5. He also has tutored writing at the middle school, high school and collegiate levels. David's teaching style is very interactive and engaging. He aims to inspire his students to maximize their learning potential and to show them that the process of learning can be really fun. David loves to travel and has lived in Spain, Argentina, Italy, and Tel Aviv, Israel. He describes himself as an avid cyclist, Boston sports enthusiast, vinyl record collector, artist, music producer, basketball junkie, and international wanderer.

Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary

Lorraine is a licensed Special Education teacher with four years of experience with all ages of children. She is working on completing her Master's Degree in Learning Disabilities. Lorraine can also assist with test prep. In her free time, she enjoys photography, traveling, singing and dancing. 

Grade levels: Middle/Secondary, High/Secondary

Kimoi is an experienced math tutor who holds a Bachelors of Science in both Actuarial Science and Aviation Theoretics. She currently is a high school math teacher and has been a tutor for over five years. Kimoi loves to make math fun and enjoyable for everyone!

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Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary

Megane has Bachelor's degree in Management with a major in Marketing, from Merkure Business School, France. She has been working at the Lycée Français School in New York since 2020 as a Primary assistant where she helps children from 3 to 9 years old with their learning journey. Megane also has 10 years of childcare experience as a sitter and au pair helping children with homework and providing care. She makes sure students understand the exercise and guides them through the work. In her free time, Megane enjoys cooking healthy food and exploring her environment!

Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary, HIgh School/Seconday | Alan grew up deaf in a hearing family without ASL, which was very difficult. Finally learning ASL in high school he began to feel at ‘home’ – life changed in such positive ways. He attended Gallaudet University and RIT/NTID before going onto culinary school and making dean’s list. Alan now lives in NYC where he has worked for five star restaurants and opened his own catering company called atable. He teaches cooking workshops and has been teaching ASL for over 10 years. Alan is an ASL teacher from www.mybabyfingers.com. 

Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary, High School/Secondary

Molly earned her bachelor’s degree in Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Elementary Education from Flagler College in St. Augustine, FL. She then went on to earn a master’s degree in Neuroscience and Education from Teacher College, Columbia University.

While studying in New York, Molly had the pleasure of joining the Baby Fingers family and teaching all over the city. Now settled into a teaching job in Washington DC, Molly brings Baby Fingers to the DC area and live online. Fun fact: Molly’s mom is the librarian at a school for the Deaf in Pennsylvania. Molly is an ASL teacher from www.mybabyfingers.com. 

Grade levels: Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary, High School/Secondary

Dave has his Bachelor's degree in Geography from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is currently pursuing a Masters of Education in Elementary Ed. at Curry College. David has over 3 years of teaching experience with grades 3-5. David's teaching style is very interactive and engaging. He aims to inspire his students to maximize their learning potential and to show them that the process of learning can be really fun. 

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Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary

Clara is a Public Health major and plans to obtain her Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. She has volunteered at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX, served as a summer camp counselor, worked in an after school care program, and was a soccer coach and referee for a youth sports league. She also currently mentors middle and high school students at an education technology company. Clara enjoys reading stories, singing songs, playing games and doing yoga.

NEW! Great for all ages & levels | Ashure has worked as a dance and cheer coach for youth ages 5-17. She recently graduated last with with a Masters in Dance Movement Therapy and received her dance movement therapy certification (R-DMT). She has over 10 years experience teaching dance and cheer, and 2 years experience as a Dance/Movement Therapist to youth and older adults. She is a very energetic, fun, inspiring teacher who encourages students to communicate themselves through creative expression. 

NEW! Grade Levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary | Ashure has worked as a dance and cheer coach for youth ages 5-17. She recently graduated with a Masters in Dance Movement Therapy and re eived her dance movement therapy certification. Ashure enjoys dance, cheer, arts and crafts, reading books, doing science projects, and cooking. She is a very fun, energetic, inspiring teacher who encourages her students to communicate themselves through creative expression. 

Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary | Richard has been a teaching assistant for about 7 years. He is working on his degree on Elementary Education and has given childcare and privately tutored in many different capacities from preschool to 4th grade, special ed to English Language Learners. He likes to be fun to keep the kids interested! He loves sports, video games, computers, TV, and movies. He also loves coaching baseball and being super active! 

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Lihlu was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico, and moved to Austin, Texas, with her family at two years old. As a native speaker, sharing her love for Spanish has always been at the center of her life and identity. (She’s also fluent in French and American Sign Language!)

Lihlu has made teaching and working with children a part of her life since she was thirteen. From tutoring, teaching after school programs, teaching for the Montessori Academy of North Texas in Sherman and interning at the Grayson County Children’s Advocacy Center. She has always found a way to orient herself towards helping children grow to be their best selves and giving back to her community.

Outside of the classroom, Lihlu enjoys spending time with nature, playing the guitar, baking for her friends and family, and finding new coffee shops in the area to visit!

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Lizz has Bachelor's degrees in Piano and Music Therapy, as well as a Master’s degree in Creative Arts Therapy (MCAT). She has been teaching children of all ages for more than 30 years, in their homes, in Schools, Camps, Day Care, snd After School Programs. Lizz's approach to teaching is based on the individual’s interests, strengths, creativity, and fun! Humor and playfulness describe her teaching style the most! In her free time, I she enjoys dancing, playing piano and guitar, drawing, making puppets and costumes, song-writing, and swimming.

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Grade levels: Middle/Secondary, High School

Fiana has a Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Stony Brook with a major in Pharmacology. She has been teaching in the classroom setting since 2017. Fiana has also worked as a Chemistry co-teacher & middle/high school tutor.

She likes to emphasize connections between topics and makes sure to dissect the topic from the simplest example for best review. Fiana also uses the chunking technique.

Grade levels: Early Childhood Education (Toddler/Preschool), Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary, High School/Secondary

A teacher with an extensive knowledge pool and over 10 years experience teaching in a variety of education settings. Matt loves to find parallels among many facets of life and connect the things students know to the knowledge they are seeking.

Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary I Caprice has an associate's degree in Child Development and enjoys doing sensory activities, board games, pretend play, outside play & science experiments with kids.

Great for all ages & levels

In these sessions, Allison can choreograph a dance for you to learn or work with you on your technique.

Allison is an actress in New York and has her Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre Performance from Western Michigan University. She has been teaching singing, acting, and dance classes to K-12 students in New York City since 2014 and has also has been able to teach singing and dance classes through Zoom since last March. Although she loves being on stage, she also loves working with children. She is currently a teaching artist working for a non-profit that runs after school programming in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Her teaching style is fun and collaborative as she gives her students the tools and technique they need so that they can apply the skills to their own personal practice.

Great for ages 5 years old and up | Jason is passionate about teaching mindfulness meditation to kids and adults alike. To equip others with tools to face all the ups and downs of life and find peace within themselves is very rewarding to him. Jason has his two-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification from University of California Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He has loved to authentically connect with kids through mindfulness meditation, but also in other roles such as a Fulbright Grantee teaching English to high schoolers in Malaysia.

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Great for all ages & levels | Coach Michael holds a National Master title and has a peak rating of 2241. Aside from his tournament play, his experience includes coaching chess at several institutions internationally. Furthermore, he has more than ten years of experience teaching chess to children of a wide variety of ages, making him a highly accomplished chess coach. He works with all ages and levels and is currently teaching at NY Chess Academy. 

Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary, High School

Tami has over 10 years of experience working as a teaching assistant for grades Pre-k through High School. She also has college level experience and training for tutoring Writing. Her approach is to meet students where they are at, collaborate and problem solve together as a team! In her free time, Tami enjoys writing, sewing, singing, baking & cooking!

Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary, High/Secondary

Josephine has her Bachelor's degree in Education and has been teaching for the past 9 years. She also has her TEFL and SACE certifications and is currently working at a primary school teaching English, Math and Science. Josephine is from South Africa and loves to cook, travel and read.

Grade levels: Pre-K, Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary

Frankie is a former literacy preschool teacher of three years. She has experience in environmental education for elementary school children. Frankie has an MSW from NYU and is a social worker in New York. Frankie enjoys reading stories, singing songs, playing games and doing yoga.

Grade levels: Elementary/Primary, Middle/Secondary, High School

Brooke has been teaching since 2016 for students with special needs in the areas of Language Arts and Math. She has a Master's degree in Literacy and a Bachelor's degree in Special Education (Licensed K-12 Mild-Moderate Disabilities). She has 8 years experience teaching Inclusive Special Education with grades 2nd-12th (respective school years) in Language Arts and Math, and 10 years tutoring elementary aged students. She strives to create a dynamic and engaging environment where learning is an adventure. By combining her lessons with humor and interactive activities, she loves capturing students’ attention while fostering in them a love for reading and learning. In her free time, Brooke enjoys reading, traveling, playing with my rescue dogs, spending time with family and friends.