Susan Esswein

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For over 25 years, Susan has taught and tutored students of all ages in Biology, English, History, Spanish, and ESL. In particular, she enjoys sharing her knowledge of and passion for writing, supporting students as they prep for the SAT or produce essays for their AP Language or AP Literature classes. She assists students writing literary analyses, critical essays, persuasive essays, creative writing pieces, college application essays and more. Encouraging them to grow in their craft through careful revision and self-editing, Susan facilitates her students becoming confident in persuasion, argument, description, and explanation and enjoys watching her students blossom as writers.

Susan is a patient, knowledgeable and engaging tutor who instills a love for authentic learning. My freshman has never wanted or had tutors before.... She LOVES Susan and looks forward to her weekly essay writing lessons. Susan has inspired my daughter to ENJOY reading 'high school'-assigned literature (I can't believe it). And my daughter shocked me the other day by saying, "I want to take AP English," and she also said to me, "If I were a teacher, I would teach English."

Parent of a Gunn High School student

We have used Gaskin Tutoring Services for two years and our tutors, Sarah and Susan, have been excellent. They have tutored my two high school sons in Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry and 9th and 10th grade English/writing. Their knowledge is very strong in their respective areas and they have been able to engage with the boys and give them good guidance. We had them tutor at our house, which was very convenient for us.

Parent of a Saint Francis High School student

Susan's tutoring was invaluable for our son, giving him an approach to the reading and writing portion of the SAT--enabling him to be calm and confident going into the test. She was kind and engaging with our teenager and we highly recommend her.

Parent of a Palo Alto High School student