“Sometimes I feel like Emma is the only other person who understands my child, besides me. She can see what my daughter is capable of long before she’s even close to mastering the skill. She comes up with endless ideas and tips to make our struggles easier in every practical area of our lives. When Emma is working with our daughter, we feel seen, valued, appreciated, taken seriously; like she is part of our team and we are not doing this alone. 

Emma genuinely cares and goes above and beyond what her job requires. I can see the way my daughter touches her life in her smile and in her enthusiasm over her accomplishments. It’s so very heartwarming. Emma walks this journey with us, sees us through the highs and lows and refreshes our hope.

Emma plays such an important role in our lives- one for which my words and actions could never adequately thank her.”

-Nicole, Parent of a Life Learning Student

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“Emma has been a pleasure to work with. She has been tutoring my daughter in several subjects over the past several years and my daughter always looks forward to Emma's weekly visit. Emma is kind, patient, and a really good teacher. We are blessed to have her as our daughter's tutor.”

- Cori, Parent of Life Learning Student.

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“My family had the absolute pleasure of using Emma Angell as a tutor for multiple subjects over the course of 3 yrs. She was such a light to my kids while they homeschooled. She was always on time, reliable, trustworthy and kind. She became kind of a mentor to my daughters. As a parent, I honestly felt like we won the tutor jackpot! Emma confidently taught them Spanish, life skills, Gather Round curriculum, cooking, and took them on educational field trips. Now that my kids have returned to a charter high school they are both getting straight A’s and or on the honor roll. I know that they are more successful because of the many hours that they spent with Emma. We all cried when our time with her was done. She is such a wonderful person and tutor.”

- Jen, Parent of Life Learning Student

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“Emma Angell has been working with my kids and my family for more than 4 years. We had her start helping with tutoring various subjects with multiple kids for a couple hours a couple times a day, and now we have her come to teach the same timeline but for only 2 subjects. No matter what we ask her to teach, she is very good at her methods of teaching. During covid shutdowns, she respected our wishes to go on virtually and we were impressed with her organization and use of technology to apply videos and visual aids to the virtual lessons. Now, if our kids aren’t well or out of town and we still decide to keep the lesson, she is able to pretty quickly switch to a well put together virtual lesson. What I am most impressed with her is how besides being a natural teacher, she is amazing at her prep-work to provide a full, well organized lesson to make sure to get the most out of the time she is tutoring. We have had her work with our kids from preschool to high school. Her patience and peppy yet calm personality plays into engaging our kids who are low muscle toned and autistic and need a little more enthusiasm to get engaged awhile keeping the ADHD child entertained and redirected when needed. She had taught my kids one at a time and in a small group setting and is perfect at teaching in both situations. This is a true and honest review and no compensation was given.”

-Christina V, Parent of Life Learning Students

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"We are thrilled to have Emma a part of our Building Beyond Team! She has a passion to learn, grow and assist, and has an exceptional way of working with kids and young adults. The participants involved in the Building Beyond program have developed a positive rapport with Emma, and look forward to attending the classes with her, not only because of her passion, but also the emphasis she puts into developing and implementing the program. We are so grateful for Emma!"

- Building Beyond

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