Claire W.
Private tutor in Portland, OR
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Whitman College
Experience
Claire is an experienced professional writer with a decade of experience in communications, grantwriting, public relations, social media strategy and content creation for nonprofits all over Portland, such as: Artists Repertory Theatre, Curious Comedy Theatre, Fertile Ground New Work Festival, Global Health Promise, Hand2Mouth Theatre, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Oregon Tilth, Outdoor School Public Playhouse, Portland Area Theatre Alliance, Route 11 Dance Festival (Lexington, VA), Stumptown Stages, Theatre Vertigo and Wordstock. An award-winning playwright, has been the recipient of the Oregon Literary Fellow for Drama and an Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Grant. She was also named the summer 2011 Writer-In-Residence at the I-Park Artists’ Colony in East Haddam, CT. Claire was a National Merit Scholar and received perfect scores on the verbal section of both her SAT's and PSAT's. She taught a Shakespeare intensive for eighth-graders for six years at a private school in Portland and spent eight years as a Catholic youth minister, creating educational curriculum. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Whitman College in Washington, and is a graduate of the Paul A. Kaplan Theatre Management Program at Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City.
Availability
Weekdays at any time, Weekends at any time
Can Meet
Up to 10 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Hi! I'm Claire Willett, a 33-year-old Oregon native, and though I'm new at professional tutoring I've been a pro at helping students write papers since I was in school myself. I have been the girl you call when you need help with your thesis statement since I was in high school. I earned everything from spending money to homemade cookies to free tech support in college by serving as my dorm's master editor. My cousins in college still call me during finals week to edit drafts for them. I loved writing papers in school (so dorky, I know) and I am both a speedy, ruthless proofreader (thank you, ten-year career as a professional grantwriter for some of Portland's biggest arts organizations) and a writer capable of great style and panache in a number of different voices, if I do say so myself (thank you, ten-year career as a professional playwright). I'm a voracious reader with a passion for English mystery novels, a coffee addict, a passionate theatregoer and arts supporter, a collector of vintage china and an obsessive Billy Joel fan. Look forward to hearing from you!
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