Meet our Rhetoric & Writing Center Consultants
Matthew Duff
Focus Areas: Graduate, APA
Matthew Duff is a graduate student studying clinical psychology. A Seattle native, he enjoys hiking, reading, playing board games and doing anything that involves being outside. His writing strengths include organization, clarity, diction and grammar. He enjoys working with students of all disciplines but is especially familiar with APA style.
Anna Newman
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, APA, Turabian, ELL
Anna is a global student in the Biola clinical nursing program. Eventually, she hopes to return overseas to develop sustainable, culturally-conscious healthcare systems. From brainstorming to final polish, Anna understands that the writing process can seem daunting but is eager to engage with students and show how achievable effective writing can be. Her strengths include idea organization, structure development and conceptual flow. She looks forward to working with students to help them find their voice in their own writing.
Janae Miller
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, ELL
Janae is a senior undergrad studying English and education so she can one day explore life and literature with middle schoolers. She loves the challenge of tackling theses, ideas and organization, as well as working with the clarity and beauty of a piece through vocabulary and sentence structure. She loves humanities essays, research and creative writing, and the sciences.
Brianna Cornejo
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, Graduate, APA, MLA, Turabian
Brianna is a senior, undergraduate psychology major. After graduating, she hopes to obtain a Master's degree in sport and performance psychology and later become a sports psychologist. Brianna's writing strengths include organization, clarity, flow, spelling, strong grammar and quote integration. Lastly, Brianna is a very optimistic and energetic person who finds joy in helping others, especially those who need a little extra help in anything related to writing.
Caleb Villa
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, Graduate, MLA, ELL
Caleb is a senior, undergraduate business major and a transfer student from the University of Washington. His strengths include forming compelling theses, organization, grammar, clarity and analytical writing. He also has plenty of experience working with students who are still learning English. In his free time, Caleb loves to analyze music and film through discussion and written reviews.
Charlotte Snyder
Focus Areas: Graduate, Undergraduate, MLA
Charlotte is a senior undergraduate student majoring in both English and Bible. After she graduates, she plans to apply to creative writing MFA programs. Her strengths include academic voice, grammar and clarity. Charlotte loves to help students strengthen their writing and build confidence in the skills they seek to develop.
Daniel Onoe
Focus Areas: Alumni, APA
Daniel is a graduate student at Rosemead. He is a global student from Brazil and grew up as a missionary kid in Thailand where he hopes to one day return and serve in the mental health field. His strengths in writing include strong organization, grammar and word choice, with knowledge in both research-based and creative writing papers. He enjoys working with multilingual students and is familiar with the obstacles of learning English as a second language.
Elsa Sisson
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, APA, MLA, Turabian
Elsa is a junior, undergraduate English major with an emphasis in secondary education. She loves helping students communicate through writing and is passionate about giving a voice to their ideas through words.
Hannah Richards
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, graduate, MLA, Turabian, ELL, UDL
Hannah is an undergraduate senior who is majoring in English and minoring in psychology. She is considering teaching but she's also interested in counseling, and she's enjoying her studies in both related fields. She loves to help writers organize ideas, develop theses and improve grammar. In her free time, Hannah likes to rollerblade, bake cookies, and spend time with her family and friends.
Joshua Labata
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, APA, MLA, Turabian
Joshua is a junior undergraduate screenwriter and a member of the Torrey Honors College. From writing video games to screenplays to research papers, he loves writing for anything and, more especially, everyone. He hopes to write stories for a living. His strengths include technical polish, structuring compelling arguments and bringing out the writer from what’s written. He also hails from Manila, Philippines and is very humbled that you’ve read his bio.
Katherine Padilla
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, Graduate, APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, ELL
Katherine is an undergraduate sophomore studying cinema and media arts and business administration. She specializes in concept clarity, word choice and sentence structure — especially for global or multilingual students. She is passionate about the art of teaching and the holistic growth of those she works with. Furthermore, her love of international languages inspired her to study Chinese and gain experience as a remote ESL teacher in Taiwan.
Joy Nowak
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, Graduate, MLA, Turabian, ELL
Joy is a senior, English major in the Torrey Honors College. After graduating, she hopes to bring innovative writing programs to rural communities. Her strengths include Turabian and MLA formatting, sentence structure, and integration of evidence. In addition to humanities and research papers, she has experience with creative and professional writing.
Mia Weiss
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, APA, MLA
Mia is a senior, first semester clinical nursing student. She hopes to become a labor and delivery nurse working specifically with women encountering unplanned and at-risk pregnancies. Mia's writing strengths include organization, clarity of concepts, tone of voice, word choice, and both research and creative writing. She is excited to work with students to establish confidence in their writing and pride in their work.
Noah Senthil
Focus Areas: Graduate, Turabian
Noah is an aspiring pastor and theologian, who is pursuing an M.A. in Classical Theology. He holds a B.A. in Biblical and Theological Studies from Wheaton College, and he previously served as a pastor in Cleveland, OH. He specializes in researched-based writing and argumentative-style essays. He enjoys writing in all fields of study, but he is especially familiar with the humanities.
Mary Anne Swart
Focus Areas: Graduate, APA, MLA
Mary Anne is pursuing her Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy. Her strengths revolve around structuring papers to ensure that they flow well, such as drafting outlines, organizing content and weeding out unnecessary details. One of her secret joys is creative writing, and deep down she is pretty sure that she will write a book one day — although odds are it won’t happen until she is old and retired.
Danny Dau
Focus Areas: Undergraduate, APA, Chicago/Turabian
Danny is a senior, undergraduate biological sciences major in the Torrey Honors College. His strengths include grammar, sentence structure and developing theses. He enjoys working particularly with argumentative essays and research-based papers.
Aiden Sherer
Focus Areas: (Current) Undergraduate, APA, MLA
Aiden is a sophomore, undergraduate CMA major with a production emphasis as well as a business analytics minor. He is also a member of the cross country and track & field teams at Biola. He is a passionate writer in all genres, from creative pieces to research papers, but especially enjoys writing screenplays.
Zach Ismirnioglou
Focus Areas: Graduate, Turabian
Zach is a graduate student studying marriage and family therapy. His primary focus is on helping students with grammar, spelling and word choice. His favorite topics are psychology and the Bible.