“Personalized writing and research support for people at every stage of learning”
In the age of sycophantic AI models, let me offer you expert-level constructive criticism to help you become the best communicator you can be. With over 10 years experience as a college instructor, 5 years as an editor and writing consultant, two graduate degrees ( and a PhD on the way), and several publications, I provide tutoring, editing, grant writing, communication practice, second language learning (English and Spanish), and research support for professionals, learners, educators, writers, and organizations at every stage of the process.
I’m proud of the work we’ve done already!
See below to schedule a tutoring session, purchase project services, or contact me!
Book A Tutoring Session
If you're interested in working booking a Tutoring or Academic Coaching Session select an available date from the calendar below appointments are $40 per half-hour
Additional Services
Copy editing and revision support for students, professionals, organizations, and writers who want their work to be clearer, stronger, and more polished. This service is for anyone who already has a draft and wants help improving grammar, flow, organization, tone, structure, and overall readability.
I can help with academic papers, theses, dissertations, reports, professional documents, website copy, personal statements, grant materials, resumes, cover letters, bios, newsletters, and public-facing writing. Depending on the project, support may include proofreading, sentence-level editing, paragraph revision, organization feedback, citation review, style consistency, and suggestions for strengthening the argument or message.
The goal is to preserve your voice while making the writing more clear, confident, and effective. Whether you need final polish, deeper revision, or help making a complicated piece of writing easier to follow, I can help you move toward a stronger draft.
Includes:
Grammar, spelling, and punctuation edits
Sentence clarity and flow
Word choice and tone
Paragraph-level suggestions
Organization notes when needed
Citation and formatting comments when relevant
One round of edits:
Best for essays, reports, application materials, professional documents, website copy, bios, newsletters, and other written projects. Longer projects can be divided into 1,500-word sections.
That means:
Up to 1,500 words: $75
Up to 3,000 words: $150
Up to 4,500 words: $225
Up to 6,000 words: $300
Professional writing support for people and organizations who need clear, polished, and purposeful writing for work, applications, public communication, or professional development. This service is for job seekers, educators, legal professionals, nonprofit workers, small business owners, public speakers, community leaders, and anyone who needs help presenting their work clearly and confidently.
I can help you draft, revise, organize, and polish professional materials so they fit your audience, purpose, and voice. Whether you are applying for a job, updating your professional profile, writing for your organization, preparing public-facing materials, or developing presentation content, this service helps you communicate in a way that is clear, professional, and accessible.
This service can include:
Resume and CV support
Blogs and Newsletters for Businesses
Cover letters and application materials
Professional bios and LinkedIn summaries
Website copy, About pages, and staff bios
Reports, newsletters, and public statements
Program descriptions and organizational language
Workplace emails, memos, and professional communication
Presentation materials, speaker notes, and talking points
Personal, artist, teaching, diversity, and purpose statements
Support may include brainstorming, drafting, revising, restructuring, editing for clarity and tone, strengthening organization, and making sure the final piece sounds professional without feeling stiff or generic. The goal is to help you present yourself, your work, or your organization with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
$125 per project
Grant writing support for nonprofits, educators, community organizations, small businesses, artists, researchers, and professionals seeking funding for meaningful work. I help turn strong ideas into clear, organized, and persuasive proposals that communicate your mission, explain your need, and show funders why your project matters.
Support can include grant research, proposal planning, needs statements, project narratives, goals and objectives, budget narratives, letters of support, editing existing drafts, and final review before submission. Whether you are starting with a rough idea, revising an existing proposal, or preparing materials for a specific opportunity, I can help you shape the language, structure, and strategy of the application.
The goal is to make your proposal clear, compelling, and funder-ready while preserving your or your organization's purpose and voice.
Service Includes:
One initial project consultation
Review of the grant guidelines
Proposal planning and structure
Project narrative draft
Needs statement or problem statement
Goals and objectives
Basic budget narrative support
One round of revisions
Final proofreading before submission
This price applies to standard grant proposals up to 5 pages or approximately 2,500 words. Larger or highly complex grants may require a custom quote.
*Grant approval not guaranteed
Independent research support for writers, students, educators, professionals, organizations, and community groups who need help finding, organizing, and making sense of information for a project. This service is designed for people who need thoughtful research support but may not have the time, training, or access to do the research on their own.
I can help with online research, source gathering, background research, literature searches, historical research, policy research, issue briefs, annotated bibliographies, source summaries, research memos, and project planning. This service can support academic projects, public history projects, nonprofit work, grant proposals, community research, professional writing, creative projects, presentations, and organizational reports.
Online Research
$60/hour
Online research may include finding scholarly sources, newspaper articles, reports, public records, archival materials available online, data sources, organizational information, and other digital materials relevant to your project. I can also help organize sources, summarize findings, and prepare research notes that make the material easier to use.
Archival, Interview, and Field Research
$180/hour plus travel expenses billed through Venmo
For projects that require in-person work, I can conduct archival research, visit local collections, review physical records, conduct interviews, or facilitate focus groups. This rate applies to research that requires travel, preparation, scheduling, documentation, note-taking, and careful handling of materials or participant responses.
Depending on the project, support may include:
Online source gathering
Scholarly and historical research
Newspaper and archival database searches
Public records and policy research
Annotated bibliographies
Research memos and source summaries
Archival research
In-person document review
Oral history interviews
Professional interviews
Focus groups
Community research
Presentation or report research
Grant proposal background research
The goal is to help you move from scattered questions or incomplete information to a clearer, better supported project. Whether you need a few strong sources, a deeper research memo, archival materials, or original interview-based research, I can help gather and organize the information you need.
Client Reviews
“Virgil is fantastic. I run a law firm, and Virgil has been a great help in our marketing and education writing. He has helped me write our ebook and he did so well we are coming back for help on our blog posts and Substack and other long form content. A pleasure to work with.”
“Virgil was an invaluable resource as I wrote and defended my dissertation. His guidance, feedback, and support over a period of several months made a tremendous difference in the quality of my work. I have a full notebook of lessons from Virgil to which I continually refer. I am in the process of writing a book and wouldn’t dream of submitting the manuscript to an editor without Virgil’s review and advice.”