Meet Our Team

The Writing Center is staffed by faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

Senior Staffers also serve as faculty in the Writing Department teaching a variety of writing courses. The Senior Staff offers a variety of workshops on writing and the teaching of writing to the Loyola community. Graduate students receive training in the theory and practice of peer tutoring at the graduate level. Undergraduate consultants must complete an upper level, three credit course (WR 323) and spend a semester interning in the Writing Center before they begin tutoring.

Julia Ayroso She/Her/Hers Undergraduate Tutor

From: New York City
Degree Area: Bio-Chem / Writing (2024)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: Looking for Alaska
Favorite App: GoodReads

Olivia Brown She/Her/Hers Graduate Tutor

From: Cherry Hill, NJ
Degree Area: Speech-Language Pathology (2024)
Languages: English
Favorite Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Go-to Study Spot: The Writing Center!

Nicole Crawford She/Her/Hers Undergraduate Tutor

From: Fairfax, VA
Degree Area: Global Studies/Writing (2024)
Languages: English/Italian
Best Book Ever: Where the Crawdads Sing
Favorite App: Spotify

Aidan Greene He/Him/His Undergraduate Tutor

From: Boston, MA
Degree Area: Comm/Advertizing/PR (2024)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: The Prophet
Favorite App: Letterboxd

Sophie Hertz She/Her/Hers Undergraduate Tutor

From: Ambler, PA
Degree Area: Writing/Comm (2024)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: The Jungle
Favorite App: TikTok

Helen Hofling She/Her/Hers Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing, Faculty Tutor

Languages: English, Spanish
Degree: MFA, Creative Writing

• 410-617-5505
• hehofling@loyola.edu
• Maryland Hall 057A

Hannah King She/Her/Hers Graduate Tutor

From: Bermuda
Degree Area: Psychology (PsyD, 2024)
Languages: English
Favorite Authors: Ayn Rand / Viktor Frankel
Go-to Study Spot: Patterson Park

Jacolby Lacy He/Him/His Undergraduate Tutor

From: Virginia
Degree Area: International Business (2025)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: The Awakening
Favorite App: Instagram

Claire Marino She/Her/Hers Undergraduate Tutor

From: Cherry Hill, NJ
Degree Area: Writing/Comm/English (2024)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: Lovely War
Favorite App: GoodReads

Dominic Micer He/Him/His Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing, Faculty Tutor

Languages: English
Degree: PhD, Composition and Rhetoric
Favorite Author/Book: Primo Levi, The Periodic Table

• 410-617-2851
• dmicer@loyola.edu
• Maryland Hall 057B

Taylor Moyer She/Her/Hers Undergraduate Tutor

From: Laurel, MD
Degree Area: Writing/Economics (2025)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: Me Before You
Favorite App: Pintrest

Brandon Nefferdorf He/Him/His Undergraduate Tutor

From: Baltimore, MD
Degree Area: Psychology/Natural Sciences (2025)
Languages: English, Spanish
Best Book Ever: The Invisible Man
Favorite App: Twitter

Lauren Nowicki She/Her/Hers Undergraduate Tutor

From: Baltimore, MD
Degree Area: Speech-Language-Hearing (2024)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: The Outsiders
Favorite App: Snapchat

Smarlyn Ovalles They/Them Undergraduate Tutor

From: Bronx, NY
Degree Area: Psychology (2024)
Languages: English, Spanish
Best Book Ever: A World of Wonders
Favorite App: Netflix

Olivia Paré She/Her/Hers Undergraduate Tutor

From: Farmington, CT
Degree Area: Psychology/Writing (2025)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: The Nightengale
Favorite App: Instagram

Jillian Pursiano She/Her/Hers Undergraduate Tutor

From: Mahwah, NJ
Degree Area: Psychology/Philosophy (2024)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: The Nightengale
Favorite App: Instagram

Laurence Ross He/Him/His Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing, Faculty Tutor

Languages: English
Degree: MFA, Creative Writing
Favorite Author/Book: Melville, Moby-Dick

• 410-617-5674
• lross@loyola.edu
• Maryland Hall 057A

CJ Sommers He/Him/His Undergraduate Tutor

From: Northhampton, PA
Degree Area: Biology/Psychology/Photography (2024)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: More Happy Than Not
Favorite App: I can't decide!

Aisha Veras She/Her/Hers Undergraduate Tutor

From: Boston, MA
Degree Area: Sociology (2024)
Languages: English, Spanish
Best Book Ever: If You Come Softly
Favorite App: Pokemon Go

Israel "Izzy" White He/Him/His Undergraduate Tutor

From: Maryland
Degree Area: Writing/Psychology (2024)
Languages: English
Best Book Ever: Crime and Punishment
Favorite App: Lane Splitter