Hi there! I’m Mary, and welcome to my website! I offer tutoring, coaching, and consulting services for you to feel comfortable and confident in your language.
Services I Offer
I offer one-on-one consulting virtually or in-person in Bogotá, Colombia in the following areas:
Proofreading & Writing Coaching
Workshop the clarity, efficacy, and style of your writing with personalized sessions. I couple formal linguistic knowledge with easy-to-understand guidance to tighten your writing and help your “I” shine through.
Fulbright and other Applications Counseling
Demystify these confusing processes and refine your personal statements with 1-on-1 counseling from a 2-time Fulbright recipient.
Linguistics Tutoring
Get personalized tutoring in all principal subdisciplines, especially phonetics, morphosyntax, and sociolinguistics.
ESL Tutoring
Achieve mastery with custom English as a Second Language (ESL) lessons designed around everything from conversational confidence to TOEFL exam mastery, with student comfort and linguistic inclusivity always at the forefront.
Spanish for Learners
Aprenda a aprender with language help for students of all levels, with the perspective and wisdom of a now-fluent fellow Spanish learner.
Custom Inquiries
Get help with whatever you may need by making a custom inquiry. From speech and debate to translation troubles, if it’s language-related, I can probably help!
What students say
Mary is one of the best writing tutors I have had! She walked me through a long and complex essay and application process for a competitive fellowship and gave careful, thoughtful feedback with detailed advice for improvement over the course of multiple multi-hour sessions. Mary is not only an excellent writer and teacher but also brings her experience and knowledge to each session, making the sessions helpful for essay improvement and writing improvement in the long run. Thank you for your help, Mary, and I look forward to working with you again for all of my writing and application needs.
― Jenna, Fulbright Recipient
Mary is an excellent linguistics tutor. I needed help with a midterm assignment for my intro analysis class, and she helped me out with morphology, syntax, and phonetic analysis sections. She explained each problem clearly and really helped me understand the material better. Definitely going to book again for future assignments!
― Atalaya, Linguistics Undergrad
In my personal experience, Mary is an awesome teacher. She goes above and beyond to make sure that I understand the material and even does so with creative examples. Strongly recommend.
― Emily, Linguistics Undergrad
Mary did a great job reviewing my paper, correcting grammar and helping me understand my mistakes as well as she made my writing clearer and more professional. Definitely recommended!
― Balsam, Psychology Graduate Student
Thank you for tutoring me today Mary it was fun! I appreciate very much how you help me with my grammar and helped me about how to pronounce difficult words. Very good tutor thank you. I am looking forward to next lesson!
― Theodore, English Learner
Mary was super helpful and knowledgeable on the material. We worked on review problems for my phonetics class and she explained all the concepts very clearly and made it easy to understand. She was also super friendly and overall I really enjoyed working with her. Definitely recommended her!
― Ravi, Linguistics Undergrad