• Receive tutoring assistance from a Reading & Writing Center tutor by coming in person to R205 or logging into Penji for online drop-in tutoring (we only provide drop-in tutoring; no appointments).
• When using Penji, be sure you are in the "Reading & Writing Center" and choose "View Drop-In Tutoring" and then choose your "class type."
• No available tutors? Try NetTutor, a 3rd party vendor with tutors who are available for live sessions, to answer submitted questions, and to review papers any day of the week. Students can access up to 15 hours of tutoring through NetTutor each semester.
• Please note that our services may not be fully accessible to all students and may need to be supplemented with additional resources and services for students with disabilities.
• Here is a video showing how to log in with Penji for drop-in tutoring: https://youtu.be/prnsJEBVfrs

• CCSF Guided Learning Activities
• Grammar Bytes
• Purdue Owl Writing Exercises
• Reading & Writing Center Resources

Student Jobs

The Reading & Writing Center is currently fully staffed.

1. Where will the tutoring sessions be held? Tutoring takes place in the Reading & Writing Center, located on the second floor of the Rosenberg Library in Room 205. Online sessions are available via Penji.
2. What are the operating hours of the Reading & Writing Center? This fall, the Center is open from 9-5 from Monday through Thursday.
3. How long does a typical tutoring session last? Each tutoring session is approximately 30 minutes long.
4. Until what time can I arrive for the last tutoring session of the day? The last session is accepted 30 minutes prior to closing time.
5. How frequently can I receive tutoring? Students are allowed two tutoring sessions per week, and each session can last up to 30 minutes. However, you may only have one session per day.
6. What should I bring with me for the tutoring session? Please have your ID or ID number ready. You'll use it to sign in and out at the front desk. Please also have access to your assignment and any work you have done.
7. Is the Reading & Writing Center open on Fridays? We don't find that there is enough demand for in-person tutoring on Fridays to be open.
8. May I schedule an appointment ahead of time? No; tutoring at the Reading & Writing Center is drop-in only, whether you do tutoring in-person or online. The only exception for this is Personal Statement tutoring in November 2025.
9. May I book two consecutive tutoring sessions in one day? No, students may only have one tutoring session per day.
10. What should I do once I arrive at the Reading & Writing Center? Sign in at the front desk using your ID or ID number. If you are here for a tutoring session, let the front desk employee know what you need help with and they will direct you to a peer tutor.
11. Is there a printer available in the Reading & Writing Center? No, but students can print to the STAR Center or the 4th-floor library. Please visit the Student Printing page for details.

(Alexa she/her Office Assistant)

• Paramedic major
• Hobbies: Reading and working out at the gym
• "Live a life you will remember." -- Avicii

Andrew (he/him) Embedded Tutor

• B.A. Creative Writing, Minor in Professional Writing & Rhetoric and Certificate in Technical Writing (all SFSU)
• I write poetry! Beyond writing, I also enjoy watching movies (I love the films of Hayao Miyazaki and the genre of animation in general--particularly animation of food and cooking. My favorite dish to cook is paella marinera.
• "Do I dare 

           Disturb the universe?" -- T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Christopher (he/him) Peer Tutor

• Cinema Production Major; B.S. Environmental Science/Writing
• Hobbies: Acting, writing, aimless walks

• "When seeming is taken for being, being becomes seeming/ Where nothing is taken for something, something becomes nothing." --Cao Xueqin

   

Donna (she/they) Embedded Tutor

• B.A. English (UC Berkeley), M.A., Comparative Literature (SFSU), Certificate in Teaching Composition (SFSU)

• Hobbies: Hiking, biking, picnics, laying in the grass with a book

   

Ella (she/her) Peer Tutor

• Major: Nursing
• Hobbies: Drawing and painting, crochet, roller skating, reading
• " . . . dead language is not only one no longer spoken or written, it is unyielding language content to admire its own paralysis." --Toni Morrison

Erika (she/they) Reading & Writing Center Manager

• M.A. in English Composition, Post-Secondary Reading Certificate, B.A. English Literature, and pre-MBA courses (all SFSU); pre-MBA courses (UC Berkeley Extension); A.A. Visual Merchandising and Space Planning (FIDM)
• Hobbies: Gardening, knitting, writing, making potions, hiking
• "We cannot know the speed and position of a particle. . . with perfect accuracy." --Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

Glenn (he/his/him) Peer Tutor

• M.A., Family Therapy (MFT); B.A. Sociology
• Gardening, listening to jazz, traveling

• "When caught between two evils, I generally pick the one I haven't tried before." --Mae West

   

Himal (he/him) Peer Tutor

• B.A. Theater
• Hobbies: Advanced scuba diving
• "Don't be afraid; people are so afraid; don't be afraid to live in the raw wind, naked, alone . . . Learn at least this: What you are capable of. Let nothing stand in your way." --Tony Kushner, Angels in America

Jen (she/they) Reading & Writing Center Faculty Coordinator

• B.A, Literary Studies (Williams College); M.A. Composition Studies and Certificate in Teaching Post-Secondary Reading (both SFSU)
• Hiking, reading, listening to music, cuddling with my puppy
• "Let's fit our wings in this collective home and fly free together!" -- Unknown SF Street Artist

Katrina (they/them/she/her) Embedded Tutor

• M.F.A. Creative Writing and Certificate in Teaching Composition (SFSU)
• Gardening, watching live music, hiking with my dog, reading/writing fiction, watching aquarium YouTubers

Mike (he/him) Peer Tutor

• Major: English and Mathematics
• Hobbies: sewing, playing with my dog
• "Improvise, adapt, overcome" -- U.S. Marine Corps motto

Paul (he/him) Embedded Tutor

• B.A. English Literature / Graduate Student (SFSU)
• Reading, cooking, playing guitar, listening to music, playing with cats
• "Keep your eye on the donut, not on the hole." --David Lynch

Rowel (he/him) Peer Tutor

• Major: Film production
• Hobbies: Photography, Filming, Drawing, Playing Video Games, Watching Movies, Traveling, Listening to Music, Game Design
• "A famous explorer once said, that the extraordinary is in what we do, not who we are. I'd finally set out to make my mark; to find adventure. But instead adventure found me." - Lara Croft

Rozlinn (she/her) Peer Tutor

• Major: Biology
• Hobbies: Listening to music (classical, jazz, movie soundtracks, etc.), drinking tea, listening/reading about true crime, collecting classical literature
• "Sometimes to create, one must first destroy." --David 8

Sentura (they/them) Embedded Tutor

• A.S. Library Information Technology; Candidate, B.A. English Literature (SFSU)
• Spending time with my partner, cat babies and chosen family
• Song: "Endow Me" --The Clark Sisters

Weiyu (she/her/hers) Embedded Tutor

• M.A. TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Certificate in Teaching Composition, Certificate in Teaching Post-Secondary Reading
• Playing video games (Genshin Impact), doing archery, going to plays and musicals
• "There are only two kinds of things -- those that must be done and those that must not." --Raiden Shogun from Genshin Impact