About
Cindy graduated from Gyeonggi Suwon International School (GSIS) with a Bilingual IB Diploma after a decade of study in the US. She completed her Bachelor’s in Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign a full year early, then earned her Master’s in Psychology from the University of Chicago. Her cheerful, witty style makes complex literary analysis approachable — especially for students who don’t think of themselves as “English people.”
Education
- Gyeonggi Suwon International School (GSIS) — Bilingual IBDP
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — BA Psychology (2017–2020, graduated 1 year early)
- University of Chicago — MA Psychology (2020–2021)
Experience
Current
- IBtheTOP English & ToK Teacher
- IB English Lang Lit Online Course Instructor
- IB ToK Online Course Instructor (app.ibguru.me/ib/theory-of-knowledge)
Past
- IB English & ToK Specialist Instructor at a Gangnam international academy
- Extensive 1:1 tutoring in IB English, ToK, lower-grade English, and book reading
Teaching Style
Cindy starts by diagnosing exactly where each student loses marks in literary analysis — then provides targeted, granular feedback to close those specific gaps. She makes the abstract concrete: literary analysis isn’t a guessing game, it’s a craft with rules you can learn. Especially effective for science-track students who must take IB English but find the subject opaque.
