I’m a Roman History PhD candidate, educator, and writer based in New York City. My research explores identity, language, and cultural continuity in the Roman world through inscriptions and naming practices in the Iberian Peninsula.

Over the years, I’ve taught and mentored students from middle school through university and adult education. Much of my teaching centers on close reading, analytical writing, language learning, and helping students build the structure and confidence needed to work independently.

I created Stone & Margin because I wanted to offer a more thoughtful alternative to transactional tutoring. Many students are intellectually capable and curious, but feel overwhelmed by the pace and structure of academic life. Others are looking for something less extractive: a space where books, ideas, conversation, and learning are taken seriously.

My sessions are individualized and collaborative: sometimes that means working through an essay paragraph by paragraph; other times, building organizational systems or learning how to engage more confidently with difficult material.

I work with students in New York City and online in academic writing, humanities enrichment, executive function support, French, Latin, and history.

Outside of work, I live on the UES with my wife, our son, and our cat. Stone & Margin is shaped as much by conversation around our table as by formal academic life.