About me

As a babysitter, nanny, teacher, tutor, and camp counselor, I have worked with children of all ages in a variety of contexts. I have spent a great deal of time caring for children in all stages of development, and have been grateful and delighted to be welcomed into a multitude of families in this way. I have a background as a theatre teacher, and as a writing and Hebrew language tutor, so I believe in the importance of both education and imagination, and emphasize both as I create safe and organized environments for fun. My creative yet structured approach also lends itself well to my work in the theatre field, and as a tutor.

During my time as a camp counselor, I was first working with a group of second and third grade girls, and then became the Israeli culture specialist, creating and executing educational programming for campers of all ages. During an additional summer, I was a theatre counselor at Words, Action, Theatre, a theater camp in New Haven for middle school aged children. As a counselor at this camp, I helped to lead classes, mount the production, and ensure that each student felt encouraged, supported, and safe.

Once I began as a student at Wesleyan, I took on frequent babysitting jobs around my college campus, as well as a Hebrew tutoring job. In addition, I began to facilitate and coordinate a service program, whereby Wesleyan students would facilitate sessions about prejudice and stereotyping with fifth graders in the local community, to increase and foster cross-cultural dialogue and understanding. Through this program, I cultivated a strong sense of how to facilitate sometimes difficult conversations with children, and grew tremendously as an educator.

In my varied experiences working with children, I have cooked dinners, helped with homework, supervised at play groups, gone on walks, organized arts and crafts activities, taught games, read books, sang songs, and more. As a camp counselor both at a standard day camp, and also at theatre specific camps, I bring energy and enthusiasm to my work with children, and have a real knack for coming up with educational games and activities. I pride myself on my patience and my conscientious nature, and bring a sense of awareness and positivity to everything that I do.