​Katrina is a passionate educator who has more than 19 years of experience teaching Mandarin and English to students of all levels, especially middle and high school. She fosters their language skills through interactive and student-centered approaches. Her training in CBT and experience with a 6-year-old son in a Montessori school allow her to integrate social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies into tutoring.Her students build resilience, self-regulation, and a positive mindset – essential skills for academic and personal growth. Katrina tailors her lessons to diverse learning styles and needs, ensuring all students thrive. Her culturally rich lessons help her students develop fluency in both Mandarin and English. She is available in-person or via Zoom to tutor Mandarin, ESL, grammar, writing, and SAT Language Arts.