Whether you're just starting your academic journey or advancing it further, your personal narrative can make a major difference to the overall quality of your application. But ensuring that that statement reads like a story and resonates with originality can be tough. It may seem like every topic has already been covered.

The good news is that originality and emotional truth don't reside in an event but arise from how you experience it--the history you bring to it and the meaning you take away.  

A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, published author, and winner of multiple national awards, I also have a broad background in higher education as a professor of writing. My personalized approach helps applicants generate ideas and craft powerful sentences and paragraphs. 

My students are knocking it out of the park. Be among them.

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I help students:

• Brainstorm/freewrite and use other techniques to find your topic

• Develop a singular perspective

• Use storytelling techniques!

  • Write scenes that show rather than tell 

  • Become characters in their own lives

  • Establish voice and tone (authority and authenticity)

  • Embed dialogue, if appropriate

  • Weave in literary devices such as metaphor 

  • Reflect insightfully on the experience described

• Find the threads that lend unity to disparate moments or events

• Write concisely, fluidly, and with precision

• Make a lasting impression

• Avoid common missteps

• Ensure the essay is unified, coherent, cohesive,
  grammatically correct, and error-free

Your academic future awaits! Get ready to thrive.
Call or email me today. 

info@thrivetutoring.services
‪(215) 278-9608 

"Joanna has been incredibly patient and supportive with our son, guiding and encouraging him every step of the way."

-Harjit S., father

Joanna helped me edit and convey meaning in my personal statement to my graduate program the night before it was due. She was extremely helpful in pin pointing main ideas, getting the point across, and editing grammar. It was a great pleasure having her as my tutor. I 100% recommend her help as you are writing your essays and making those revisions. 

-Ariana S., graduate student

 Fees range depending on multiple factors, such as the scope of help desired. Please contact me for pricing.