Our Core Tutors

Francesca Bellizzi

Class year: 2022
Fun fact: I’m proficient in Italian!
Tutoring experience: Began in spring 2021
Subjects tutored: Core, Italian, and speech-language-hearing science courses
Tutor’s tip: Plan your time efficiently! If you dedicate a little time every day to your studies, it won’t seem like as much piled up before a test or big assignment.

Class year: 2022
Fun fact: I play rugby with the Loyola women’s club, and my favorite international team is the All Blacks from New Zealand!
Tutoring experience: Began in fall 2020
Subjects tutored: Core, Honors, and Spanish courses
Tutor’s tip: Try to find something you like about each of your classes. The more you focus on hating a class, the harder it will be to learn and get through it.

Class year: 2022
Fun fact: I love to bake!
Tutoring experience: Began in fall 2019
Subjects tutored: EN*101 Understanding Literature, SC*102 Societies and Institutions, and SN*201 Spanish Composition and Conversation and below
Tutor’s tip: Make friends in your classes so you can study for exams together!

Class year: 2021
Fun fact: I’ve gotten into letter writing recently. Let’s be pen pals!
Tutoring experience: Began in fall 2019
Subjects tutored: Education, history, introductory core, and sociology courses
Tutor’s tip: Make appointments here and at The Writing Center weeks (or even months!) in advance. Knowing that you have to meet with a tutor will hold you accountable for reviewing the material and help you be even more successful.

Class year: 2023
Fun fact: I can operate a forklift.
Tutoring experience: Began in fall 2020
Subjects tutored: Mainly economics, math, and Spanish courses
Tutor’s tip: When you’re feeling overwhelmed and/or stressed out by schoolwork, sometimes the best thing to do is to step back for a few minutes to gather yourself and approach your work with a fresh set of eyes and new mindset.

Class year: 2023
Fun fact: I love to play golf and am an avid sports fan!
Tutoring experience: Began in fall 2020
Subjects tutored: SC*101 Self and Society, SC*102 Societies and Institutions, PS*101 Politics, and PS*102 American Politics
Tutor’s tip: Be organized! I think organization is the key to success in all areas!

Class year: 2022
Fun fact: I’m on the volleyball team!
Tutoring experience: Began in spring 2020
Subjects tutored: History, psychology, Spanish, statistics, and theology courses
Tutor’s tip: Plan out your assignments!

Class year: 2021
Fun fact: I can play the ukulele.
Tutoring experience: Began in fall 2020
Subjects tutored: Core and sociology courses
Tutor’s tip: Having a planner where you write things down is so useful because you can keep track of your schedule and when you have important exams or assignments due.

Class year: 2022
Fun fact: I have four dogs.
Tutoring experience: Began in fall 2020
Subjects tutored: Elementary education, history, philosophy, and theology courses
Tutor’s tip: Mistakes show learning. Be proud of them.

Class year: 2021
Fun fact: I studied abroad for a semester in Athens, Greece!
Tutoring experience: Began in fall 2018
Subjects tutored: I mostly tutor in psychology major courses as well as 100-level core classes, such as history, philosophy, and English.
Tutor’s tip: Always space out your studying! Waiting until the last minute always leads to stress, so start by making a game plan and create a study schedule a week before any exams or quizzes!

Class year: 2021
Fun fact: I’m from Puerto Rico, and my favorite kinds of food are Arabic, Indian, and Chinese. I even learned to make traditional pork dumplings from scratch, and I’m on my way to making hummus.
Tutoring experience: Began in fall 2018
Subjects tutored: Introductory core courses
Tutor’s tip: If you’re getting frustrated trying to understand a new class topic, step back, relax for a little while, and clear your mind. You’ll find it a lot easier to understand the topic the next time you go over it. If not, then that’s what a tutor is here for.