
I'M IRENE.
Teacher & World Traveler...
I’m a student success coach, tutor, and consultant and I work with students looking for individual tools and support to achieve greater success throughout school and life.
I am a certified teacher who uses coaching and mindfulness to support student growth. I work with students and families to help students, through coaching, mindfulness, and tutoring, to maximize their potential.

Access My Classes

30 Days English Class
Get full 30 days of access to me (teaching YOU) speaking, listening, and writing strategies... through recorded Zoom small group classes, specialty videos recorded to explain important strategies, and Facebook. This includes planners, organizers, cheat sheets, and other materials to guide you to the next level!

90 Days English Class
Work with me LIVE! I'll be there with you daily and weekly to support and coach your growth. Research supports the idea that English language learners who work towards a goal for 12 weeks (or more) make substantial gains and new habits that stick. The best gains are made in this class.

Exclusive and Private 1:1 Coaching
As your personal coach, I will walk with you as your personal teacher, coach, and guide as you move towards your big goal. I will create personalized daily or weekly strategies, lessons, and action steps.

Ignite! Negotiation Advantage
This course is a toolkit with strategies and tactics to help you through the entire process of negotiating.

VIP ACCESS! Negotiation Advantage
This course is built for a busy advanced English language speaker who desires to improve negotiation communication and confidence. You'll get full access to the Negotiation Advantage digital course and live interactive modeling of strategies-every week.
You want English pronunciation and vocabulary...like a native English speaker. You’re tired of...spending money on mass-made books and courses that don't know "you" or how you learn best. They don't really help.
You are experiencing many situations where you are required to know specific content- such as renting, reading contracts, shopping, and moving to a new English-speaking country, You will be required to negotiate in English.
You’re staying up at night worrying about your future…will I pass the exam? Will I get the job? Am I being the best I can be for my family?
I understand!
I have worked with thousands of students around the world whose English language levels improved after using the method I use, setting small action steps each week, resulting in a confident and expert English language learner.
It's more than just memorizing words or sentences.
It's drive. it's consistency. Is this you? Are you ready?
READING
- Read passages with you - stopping at specific points, as often as necessary, to ensure clarity and understanding.
- Guide you through challenging passages using the best strategies for you to take and make your own. For example, close-reading, discussions, summarizing, re-reading and vocabulary building. conventions, figurative language, and literary techniques so that you can gain command over any text you analyze.
- By understanding, you’ll be able to engage with what you are reading, retain details, and themes longer, and hopefully, enjoy your work along the way!
- Reading fluency- improve your understanding by improving reading speed and articulation.
WRITING
As an English language learner, writing perfectly comes last...Your message is important and can change your life. What is your goal? Personal writing? Academic? Emails? Professional?
- Free templates and tools will be shared with you for you to use now and in the future.
- Develop letters, emails, and essays that have correct grammar.
- Understanding and following directions of a writing prompt can make or break your grade- I’ll help you clarify and understand exactly what your writing needs to be-
- Understand and use the basic mechanics of writing: brainstorming, outlines, rough drafts, and revisions.
- Grammar! Word usage, vocabulary, and structure will be a focus to improve and articulate your message.
- Help you organize research, develop a thesis, word choice for poetry, strengthen your voice
- It’s important you learn to manage these processes on your own. I can answer questions, give feedback, edit, and publish.
- Motivation! Writing presents many hurdles and writer’s blocks...I get it, I understand, and we’ll work through it together.
"Irene was an exceptional listener and did a truly fantastic job of hearing what I was saying (even when I sometimes didn't know what I was communicating) and echoing it back in a way that helped me make sense of my thoughts."
Ted
"As a Coach, Irene has an ability to listen and hear beyond spoken words. She quickly builds an authentic coaching relationship that works with clients to maximize their potential. Her in-depth educational background and understanding of children is an extra asset that she uniquely brings to her coaching practice."