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Caela Funaro Ijichi

​With 12+ years of experience, Caela will empower you to bring your whole self out and strategize your college-readiness path! Her approach uniquely activates the dynamic stories that make us who we are. As daunting as it was, tackling 33 vague college essay prompts her senior year helped her discover her passions and aspirations and every year over the last decade she has supported this introspective process in her students. Caela also brings unique study skills & time management strategies, best-fit college research skills coaching, math/grammar/writing SAT/ACT test prep, as well as specialized tutoring to I Am Me Mentors. Caela's background in classroom teaching and charisma makes her uniquely fit to lead. 

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MENTOR QUALIFICATION:

  • Counseled over 150 students in getting into dream colleges with an average of $30,000 of merit aid for private schools (including RPI, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Northwestern, NYU, BU, Lehigh, Lafayette,  Lewis & Clark College, Scripps College, Pitzer College, Tulane University, UW, CU Boulder,  Seattle University, College of Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan, Hofstra etc.)

  • BA and MA in Education, Colorado State Teaching Credential and DPS classroom teaching experience

  • Curriculum design training from her MA in Education

  • Managed and taught in homeschool collectives, engaging summer camps and alternative schools

  • Mentored & advised dozens of students ongoing for 4+ of their high school years (+middle school/college), improving their motivation, passions, academics, college success and social/emotional well-being

TUTORING & TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Raised GPA’s and deepened understanding of rigorous content for over 400 students)

  • Studied Neuroscience (including Biology, Chemistry and Physics) at Wesleyan University with an unweighted 3.9 GPA

  • Studied teaching techniques in all academic disciplines through Goddard College’s MA + Teaching Credential program

  • Certified in Barton Tutoring (for dyslexia) and experience tutoring students with over 5 unique learning disabilities

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