Daniel S. holds a B.A. in History and French from Amherst College in Massachusetts (according to the 2020 US News & World Report on America’s Top Colleges, Amherst College is ranked #2 in National Liberal Arts Colleges, #12 in Best Undergraduate Teaching and #3 in Best Value Schools, with an acceptance rate of 12.9%).
Daniel went on to earn a master’s degree in French literature at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school with an acceptance rate of 9.3%.
Having passed all of IYE’s tests and completed the company training, Daniel started tutoring for IYE part-time in 2018, where he has tutored students from all academic levels.
He graduated from Pinewood School in Los Altos, one of the few schools in the country that gives students a strong background in English grammar. This gave Daniel an advantage both when he was applying to Ivy League schools and when he took the IYE tutor test.
Daniel loves to read classic literature and to share with students the joys of focused reading, and stronger comprehension of the English language. Since his graduation from University of Pennsylvania, Daniel has worked as a 5th grade teacher for three years in San Jose, developed his ESL teaching skills by teaching English abroad in a small town in the French Alps, and, for the last two years, taught at Challenger School.