Next FREE Workshop: April 27, 2025

The Founders
Meet the Founders
Our founders, Jesse and Sharon, have over forty years of combined experience as professional educators in a range of fields. Jesse, our test prep wizard and math/science expert, has helped students
increase their scores by as much as 500 points on tests including the SAT, ACT, GMAT, LSAT, GRE, ISEE, SSAT, and SHSAT. Sharon has worked with hundreds of students in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online; she specializes in helping people become better, more confident writers and is also an expert Executive Function Coach.
We are compassionate, creative, award-winning educators, screenwriters, and filmmakers — one is an Integral Yoga Institute Certified yoga teacher and an internationally produced and published playwright; the other is a Clio Award-winning actor and an international volunteer trip leader — both have teaching experience in public and private schools, and both are dedicated to bringing not only academic success but also levity and calm to our students, especially right now. As curious, life-long learners, we seek to spark that joy in others. We are kind and empathetic, as are all those with whom we collaborate. We have worked with thousands of people cumulatively and joined forces to amplify our ability to make a positive impact on those we serve.


Sharon Cooper
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Read Full BioSHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com

Jesse Tendler
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Read Full BioSHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com