Meet Olivia
I'm a Lisbon-based educator and education researcher. For a decade, I evaluated education policy and programs at research institutions across the US, asking whether they delivered on what they promised.
That background changes how I coach. I start by getting clear on the goal, then track what's moving a student toward it and what's getting in the way. None of us has time to waste on the wrong problem, so I check in on progress often and change course the moment something isn't working.
A bright kid who won't start the essay, or who knows the material but freezes the moment it counts, is usually just afraid of getting it wrong. I know that pattern from peer-reviewed studies and from firsthand experience, so I work alongside students to find their own way through it.
