Our Team
Anne Detrick
With over 25 years of teaching experience at the university level, Anne has taught thousands of students that the age-old adage “Writers are born, not made” is simply untrue. She believes language is a superpower that every student has, and she’s passionate about helping her students realize that writing is about who they are and how they communicate themselves to the world. Her career in education spans nearly her entire adult life – starting as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Maryland, then as an instructor at Howard University, and now currently as an adjunct professor at the University of the District of Columbia. The number of students who “stay” with her during their college careers, taking as many of her classes as she offers during their four years, is a point of real joy. She’s proud to have mentored hundreds of students as they navigate college, get into grad school, and consider career choices. In addition to teaching and mentoring, Anne spent three years at the Institute for Policy Studies, where she wrote on international arms control and human rights, directed IPS’s social activism school, and coached activists in op-ed writing and grassroots organizing.
St. Clair Detrick-Jules
St. Clair is an award-winning author whose work has been featured in The Guardian, The Washington Post, and NPR, and presented on The TODAY Show. In 2012, she became the first person from her high school to be accepted by an Ivy League institution. As an undergrad at Brown University, she tutored K-12 students through the Brown University Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment Program. She spent her undergraduate summers teaching critical thinking, editing, and writing skills to high-achieving high school seniors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her students have been accepted to Ivy League universities, MIT, Stanford, and several other Top 50 schools. Most recently, she tutored students in reading and writing skills and taught SAT test prep classes at Principia Tutors & Consultants. She has spoken on the topic of narrative storytelling through writing at over fifty high schools and universities across the country.