Our Tutors

Aimee Ledewitz Weinstein is a writer, writing professor, and tutor who recently moved to McLean, Virginia having lived ten of the last twelve years in Tokyo, Japan. She received her doctorate from the Department of Higher Education at George Mason University and most recently taught in the first year writing department at Temple University’s Japan Campus.

In the past she has held positions at The George Washington University and George Mason University, teaching classes in various levels and genres of writing, including freshman composition, research writing, and advanced expository writing. In addition to teaching, she also tutors both online and in person hoping to improve writing in English on a global scale. She has worked with students in both high school and college on their classwork and has also had extensive experience in coaching high school seniors through the college essay process. She has published essays and short stories in various anthologies. Recent publications include several food and travel articles in English-language magazines in Japan.

Dr. Weinstein maintains a blog at TokyoWriter.com where she fondly observes Tokyo life, her personal life, and writes about writing. Test prep, writing work and college application essays are her particular specialty and Dr. Weinstein loves working with students who are starting out on their writing journey. You can schedule directly with Dr. Weinstein by calling 571.275.6521 or by emailing Aimee@katedalby.com.

Elisa Hesles attended the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM: Mexican Autonomous Institute of Technology) and received a Dual Bachelor degree in Accounting and Business Administration with Finance major. She moved to the USA 15 years ago and received a Finance Certificate from Massachusetts Bay College. In Virginia, Mrs. Hesles attended the University of Virginia (UVA) and received a Teacher Licensure with Spanish endorsement in 2007 approved by the American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

She has been teaching Spanish at independent private schools since 2008.  You can schedule directly with Mrs. Hesles at 703.283.0038 or by emailing EHesles@gmail.com.