Helping students prepare for the standardized tests that help get them where they want to go in the academic world is a passion for Nashville native Veronica Scott. The PhD student currently enrolled in the organizational behavior program at Claremont Graduate University in Southern California (class of 2024) has been an academic tutor since high school.

A graduate of the University of Kentucky’s psychology program, with a minor in cognitive science and Jewish studies, is also an award-winning debate club student. She has taught public speaking, speech writing, and debate to varying age groups. Veronica has also tutored test preparation in one-on-one settings on a contract basis. In fact, one student received a National Merit finalist award after receiving tutoring in test preparation with a focus on math.

In 2018, she founded Williamson Service Corps in Nashville, TN (2018), which recruited volunteer tutors throughout middle Tennessee, coordinated tutors in teams with defined expectations, including weekly service, developed and presented ongoing tutor curriculum, and led efforts to engage tutors with refugee children and children otherwise at risk in trauma-informed, respectful ways.

Stay tuned for an essay by Veronica on how to engage with challenging topics in productive ways in an upcoming issue of Inkandescent Women magazine.