Hi, I'm Tom! I'm a classicist and linguist who earned my PhD from UC Berkeley in 2015. I've served as Director of the Berkeley Intensive Summer Workshops in both Latin and Greek, and have taught a variety of Latin and Greek language and literature classes as a lecturer at Berkeley and Stanford, from beginning grammar to graduate-level syntax and prose composition. (read more)
...I teach how to write in all four styles: descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive. My philosophy is to begin from wherever the student is at present time. Teaching writing is really an enjoyable task, and I love working with students between grade 2 through adult. (read more)
...I am very knowledgeable in Microsoft Outlook because of continued use in my profession and college courses on Microsoft's Office Suite. I have a certification in Computer Graphics. I use Adobe Creative Suite everyday for my small business designs and logos. (read more)
...I've written screenplays for films like Disney's Queen Of Katwe And The Reluctant Fundamentalist (starring Riz Ahmed) and helped create shows like Ray Donovan and Netflix's Cursed. I've always had a passion for helping budding writers find their voices. I've given master classes at California Institute of the Arts, U.S.C. and Augsburg College on film writing. (read more)