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SAT ACT Test Prep Tutor Nitin Sawhney for Marks Education

Nitin Sawhney

Nitin Sawhney started the tutoring division of Marks Education in 2006. In addition to his tutoring responsibilities, Nitin directs instructor hiring and training, curriculum development, and business management for the...

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Dan Bloss - Marks Education Tutor

Daniel Bloss

Daniel Bloss has been a full-time tutor with Marks Education since December 2006. In that time, Dan has used his testing and academic expertise to work with students at every skill...

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Dan Hertz - Marks Education Tutor

Daniel Hertz

Dan Hertz studied undergraduate physics at Merton College, Oxford University, where he received a First Class B.A. (Honours) and was the recipient of several scholastic awards, including the University Gibbs...

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Anthony Celino - Marks Education

Anthony Celino

Anthony Celino has been a full-time tutor for the last eleven years, instructing students for SATs, ACTs, PSATs, Math 1, Math 2, and Literature Subject Tests and APs, and assisting...

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Shaun Stiemsma - Marks Education

Shaun Stiemsma

As a teacher and tutor with well over a decade of experience working with high school and college students, Shaun Stiemsma has helped many students develop their skills in reading,...

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Ryan Blodgett - Tutor

Ryan Blodgett

Ryan Blodgett graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2009, which he attended on a full merit academic scholarship. He obtained a J.D. from Harvard...

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Sarah Newport - Tutor

Sarah Newport

Over the past 11 years, Sarah Newport has taught and tutored students ranging in age from 6 to 26 in English, Geography, U.S. History, World History, Social Studies, Writing, Organizational...

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Ian Perez - Tutor

Ian Perez

Ian Perez has been tutoring and teaching the SAT, ACT, Chemistry, Physics, Biology and many levels of Math since 2007. His warm, patient, and effective teaching style has earned him...

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Elizabeth Dinning Tutor

Elizabeth Dinning

Elizabeth Dinning comes to Marks Education with thirteen years of professional experience in a variety of educational settings. She specializes in helping students meet the demands of a college-preparatory curriculum....

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Katharine Laco

Katharine Laco joined Marks Education Test Prep Tutoring in 2016. She has worked in education since graduating magna cum laude from Davidson College in 2010.  At Davidson, she earned a...

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Burks Echols

Burks Echols is a test prep tutor with Marks Education Test Prep Tutoring. With degrees from the University of Virginia (BA), the University of Richmond (JD), and Virginia Commonwealth University...

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Christy VanOverbeke

Christy joined Marks Education Test Prep Tutoring Division with over 15 years of prior experience across the education sector. She has an extensive background in classroom teaching, private tutoring, and...

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Sara Plunkett

Sara joins Marks Education following three years of teaching Latin at the Landon School in Bethesda, MD. She has six years of experience teaching English and Latin at independent schools,...

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Lance McNeil

Lance McNeil comes to Marks Education from the University of San Diego, where he taught SAT and GMAT preparation courses for over three years. He also taught SAT preparation classes...

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Ellie Koo

Ellie Koo joined Marks Education after more than ten years of teaching and tutoring students in the U.S. and abroad in writing, English, SAT, PSAT, SSAT, ISEE, TOEFL, and SAT...

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Alex Evans

Alexandria Evans joined Marks Education in December 2017 as the Office Coordinator for the McLean, VA office. Alexandria assists with client enrollment, billing, and a variety of other administrative tasks....

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Sally O’Rourke

Sally O’Rourke joins Marks Education as director of school programs and outreach. She comes with over 20 years of experience working with high school and college students in a variety...

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Peter Smith

Peter is an instructor focusing on the ACT, SAT, and SSAT. He also works with students in English, US History, World History, and Government. He teaches subject matter in a...

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Michael Lawrence

Michael is part of the Marks Education Test Prep Tutoring Team. Michael  is currently pursuing a Masters degree in English Literature from Georgetown University, where he serves as the Writing Center...

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Liz Shooltz

Liz Shooltz joins Marks Education with more than thirteen years of teaching experience. Liz graduated Summa Cum Laude from the College of William and Mary and earned her Master’s degree...

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