About A to Z

Like her initials, Alexandra Zabriskie covers everything from AtoZ.  An honors graduate of Princeton University with almost 15 years' experience tutoring standardized tests and academic subjects, Alexandra has a proven track record of bringing out the best in each individual.

Whatever the subject, Alexandra’s primary focus is on the student in front of her, and how he or she absorbs information.  The material may be the same, but the minds are not.

Does the student think he or she is better at Math or English? Do they respond to images or abstract ideas? Do  they excel in class but freeze during tests? Is there a history of learning "disabilities," or as Alex puts it, are their brains just “wired differently?”  Alexandra takes all these factors into account and tailors her lessons accordingly.

Some of the schools represented by AtoZ’s clientele are:  Brooklyn Friends, Browning, Chapin, City & Country, Dwight, Friends Seminary, LaGuardia, Marymount, Nightingale-Bamford, Riverdale, Stuyvesant, Trevor Day, UNIS and Public Schools throughout the city.

Test Yourself:

There are two errors in the following sentence – what are they?

He likes to hit from both sides of the plates. He’s amphibious.

– Yogi Berra         

Alexandra is AtoZ.  If you hire her, you will get her, not a college or graduate student who has only been tutoring for 6 months and is reciting what they were trained to say. With almost 15 years’ experience, Alex knows what she is doing - she can adapt to almost any situation and accommodate for any need.

She’s a Native New Yorker.
Raised in New York City, Alexandra attended Spence School and Friends Seminary. She doesn't have to imagine the pressures the city's students face, she lived it. She can thus build an immediate rapport with her students based on shared experience - and a healthy sense of humor.