Dr. Alina Kirshon-Goldman has been teaching private voice, viola and violin lessons to students of all ages in Northern Virginia: Reston, Herndon and Arlington area since she opened her studio in 2010. Many of her students play with the area, district and regional orchestras in Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties. Her voice students perform with the National … Read more
Linda Vitello is music teacher with decades of experience teaching piano technique and theory to students of all ages. She studied at the Shenandoah Conservatory and later pursued additional coursework in piano performance and theory. Linda served as the Exectuive Director of the Arlington Symphony Orchestra until May 2003. She has been teaching students since … Read more
Leslie Linn is an accomplished band director, coach, and clinician. With over 25 years of experience, he has created and facilitated innovative instrumental programs for schools and programs across the country. Les has performed with the Arizona Opera, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestras, and the Wichita Symphony where he has also served on several committees. He currently … Read more
Suzan Park is an vibrant, engaging piano teacher who works with students from age five through adult. She teaches around twenty students from her home studio in addition to teaching at Compass. Suzan teaches college-aged students at Virginia Christian University in Chantilly and taught at Northern Virgnia Community College for eighteen years. Suzan is completing … Read more
Yara Mourad offers private and small group tutoring in Arabic to students in K-12th grade and adults. She can teach both formal Arabic and colloquial Levantine Arabic. She uses both traditional teaching approaches along with songs, stories, and games to engage her students. Yara earned a Master of Arts degree in Arabic Translation and Interpretation from … Read more
Karen Bodin offers private and small group tutoring in German to students in K-12th grade and adults. She can teach German vocabulary and dialects from Austria and most regions of Germany. She homeschooled her now-adult children teaching their curriculum in both English and German while the family lived in Austria, the United Kingdom, and the … Read more
Helen Xu offers private and small group tutoring in Mandarin to students in K-12th grade. She currently teaches Mandarin at Hope Chinese School in Annandale. She uses both traditional teaching approaches along with songs, games, and art to engage her students. Helen is certified in Chinese Research, Curriculum, Learning and Evaluations from Beijing Language and Culture … Read more
Felipe Ramos is a former adjunct professor of ASL at North Central University in Minneapolis. He has led several ASL immersion workshops in the area and serces as Vice President of the Latino Deaf and Hard of Hearing Association of the Metropolitan Washington DC area. Felipe is a member of theDeaf community and is also … Read more
Kathy Jensen is a private tutor in elementary and middle school language arts (reading and writing) and math. She works with private tutoring students in kindergarten through 8th grade and tutors at the Living Stone Academy in Centreville. Ms Jensen has experience homeschooling her own now adult children. She earned a law degree (JD) from … Read more
Ashley Ramsey earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Frostburg State University. She has worked with homeschoolers in the Northern Virginia area for more than a decade. Ashley has taught higher-level high school math as well as elementary math for her own children.
