Rachel Michelle Fernandes is a multi-faceted educator and community engagement specialist. While earning her master’s degree in Rhetoric and Writing Studies from San Diego State University, Rachel taught three semesters of first-year writing courses with a focus on sharpening students’ academic writing skills and media literacy. While teaching college freshmen, Rachel began tutoring high school and middle school students in a variety of subjects, including SAT and ACT prep courses. 

While finishing her thesis project, Rachel received an Adult ADHD diagnosis that completely reshaped her relationship with learning. Her teaching/tutoring practices combine the use of executive functioning mechanisms and intrinsic motivational tools with strategic academic planning and single-subject problem solving. Her firm belief is that practice and a sense of mastery are the keys to unlocking any student’s potential. Her success with students thus far has emerged out of a place of deep mutual respect and a passion for learning as a continually evolving process full of unique possibilities. Rachel founded Neuro-Champion Tutors as a way of expanding her own practices while also matching other uniquely qualified educators with students in need.