Geralyn Rea, ME, studied English at Hillsdale College and enjoyed her BA in English so much that she decided to complete a Master of English degree with the University of Dallas, as well. She has been tutoring, teaching online and in-person, and working with the homeschool community across the United States ever since. Mrs. Rea loves literature and fostering local book clubs and readily says that she can be found chatting about literature with anyone who will join the conversation.

Mrs. Rea currently lives with her husband and five children in Indiana. Here at Aquinas Writing Advantage, she teaches the LIVE Introduction to Literature and Writing: How to Read, Interpret, and Write about Literature (Parts One and Two) for middle school students – and is an Instructor Access grading services instructor for Introduction to Journalism and the middle school literature analysis courses.

Check the current LIVE catalog to see Mrs. Rea’s LIVE course offerings and sign up for her courses.

Sharon Hamric-Weis, JD, earned her Bachelor of Science (BS) in Secondary English Education from the  California University of Pennsylvania and taught both middle and high school courses at the Palm Beach  County School system. During her last year of teaching, Mrs. Hamric-Weis converted to the Catholic  Church and was confirmed. Upon her acceptance to the Dickinson School of Law, she and her husband then relocated to her home state of Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Hamric-Weis has her JD degree and practiced law as Assistant Counsel for the Pennsylvania Board of  Probation and Parole. She has been published in the Dickinson Journal of International Law, as well as working as a decision writer for the Pennsylvania Board of Workers’ Compensation. After working in law,  Mrs. Hamric-Weis left her employment to raise her children and homeschool for several years before returning to work as a paraprofessional, teaching and caring for a student with multiple disabilities. She has taught English as a Second Language in a prison setting and is also presently working in the field of mental health. She is happy to be homeschooling her youngest child and teaching writing courses for Homeschool  Connections.

Mrs. Hamric-Weis is the Aquinas Writing Advantage Assistant Director for High School and teaches Foundational writing courses (9-Series courses, including Punctuation and Grammar, Simplified Writing,  and Paragraphs and Essays courses); Vocabulary and Writing (10-Series courses); and Advanced/College  Preparatory Writing courses (12-Series courses). She also teaches Book to Film courses, analyzing film adaptations of classic stories.

Check the current LIVE catalog to see Mrs. Hamric-Weis’s LIVE course offerings and sign up for her courses.

Vania Kent is an experienced writer and editor with a history of publication that includes drafting, rewriting, and reformatting; preparing texts for publication (editing for accuracy, clarity, spelling, grammar, consistency, format, and punctuation); and ensuring that all writing meets research and style guide standards, including Chicago/Turabian, MLA, and Harvard styles. Ms. Kent has contributed to many articles, conference papers, and books with her writing and editing expertise.

Ms. Kent earned a Bachelor of Arts and Humanities with Specialisms in Religious Studies and German, an MA in Christian Spirituality with a Research Concentration, and she is currently working on her PhD in Theology in the Catholic faculty at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.

Ms. Kent also serves as a substitute teacher for middle school students, including 6th to 8th grade critical thinking, science, and mathematics. While most of her time is spent analyzing the texts of the 13th-century mystics of Helfta, she also enjoys reading historical novels, baking sourdough, crocheting, and tending to her absurd number of houseplants. She, her spouse, their two precious children, and two naughty but impossibly adorable dogs live in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Check the current LIVE catalog to see Ms. Kent’s LIVE course offerings and sign up for her courses. Ms. Kent also teaches the following recorded courses in the Word Mastery Skill Building series.