Writing Center Tutors

Anaya Darr is an English major with a concentration in Writing Studies. She started working at The Writing Center during the spring 2024 semester and has been a student manager since fall 2024. She is from York, Pennsylvania. In her free time, she likes to read, play on her nintendo switch, and get coffee with friends. After college she hopes to go back and get her masters degree!

Fun Fact: Her favorite color is green.

Rhia is majoring in English: film studies with a minor in ESL linguistics at Millersville. She is from York, PA, and her biggest hobbies typically include writing and playing games; video games mostly, but she also collects card decks! With any other free time, she enjoys making her own music, upkeeping her Letterboxd, driving, and taking care of her dog. She is the President of Film Club, and a part of the ENWL Student Leadership Council. Rhia became a tutor in the spring of 2025 and got promoted to manager in the fall of 2025—she loves all of her roles at the Writing Center! She hopes to become a professor of English in the future. 

Fun Fact: Her favorite video game is Alan Wake II.

Ariana is majoring in English at Millersville with a minor in Special Education. They started working at the Writing Center as a tutor Spring of 2024. Ariana is from Levittown Pennsylvania, which is a town not far outside Philly. Because of this they were often able to go to concerts, which bred her love for live music. She also enjoys reading romance books, listening to different kinds of music, watching sports, and starting her own zoo. They have two birds named Mama and Papa, a (very old) hamster named JamJam, and two goofy dogs named Teddy and Pablo. As a student with learning disabilities, Ariana strives as a tutor (and future educator) to show students that it’s okay to ask for help, as she herself often needs help too. 

Lauren is majoring in middle level education with a concentration in English. She is a senior here on campus involved in CMLA, and this is her third semester at the Writing Center. She is from York, PA. In her free time she enjoys finding a new movie to watch, reading, spending time with friends and family, and working out.

 

 

Paige Geesey is a senior English major with a concentration in writing studies and a minor in marketing. She has been working at the Writing Center since fall 2026. Paige is also an intern for the Engage for Change Journal, the Honors College Newsletter Editor, and has been an Orientation Leader for two years. Outside of Millersville she also enjoys reading, traveling with friends, and going to concerts. After graduation, Paige intends to pursue a career in publishing.

 

Fun Fact: Paige recently presented her essay The Woman’s Fault: Francesca's Grief and How Patriarchal Standards Turn Marital Grief into Guilt at the 2026 EAPSU conference.

Pierce is majoring in secondary education in English. He started working at the Writing Center in the Fall 2024 semester, and has loved being a part of the team ever since. He also is inundated in the theater community at Millersville, taking part in Millersville’s All Campus Musical Organization (ACMO), University Theater’s productions, and is also a member of Villeharmonics, one of Millersville’s three acapella groups. He is from Clayton, Delaware, about three hours from Millersville. He enjoys acting in his spare time, and wishes to pursue both teaching and acting in his professional career. 

Fun Facts: Pierce loves to snowboard!

Sidney is a senior from Medford, New Jersey studying secondary education social studies. She has been tutoring at the Writing Center since spring 2026 and serves as one of the office coordinators. Sidney also works as a fellow for the Center for Civic Engagement and as an Orientation Leader. She is a member of the Honors College, Cygnus Society, and Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society as well as the founding president of the Crochet Club. In her free time, she enjoys crochet, sewing, music, traveling, reading, volunteering, and activism. She is excited to become a high school history and civics teacher after graduation!

Fun fact: Sidney runs a small crochet business called Yellow Yarn Crafts!

Sloane is a secondary English education major. She’s from Newville, Pennsylvania, a small rural town in south-central PA. A new tutor, she just started at The Writing Center in Spring 2025. When allowed free time, she enjoys reading and writing (obviously), crocheting, watching new films, playing Skyrim and Yahtzee, collecting stickers and pins, and thrifting. She’s big on environmental sustainability and advocates for our planet when she can. After she graduates, Sloane hopes to be teaching in a local PA high school by the following fall and living with her boyfriend/best friend, with a large bookshelf and a cat or two. 

 

Fun Fact: Sloane's favorite book is Looking for Alaska by John Green. 

 

 

Wyatt is an English major and philosophy minor. He started working at the Writing Center in fall 2026, his senior year. He also works as an editor and writer for the Writing Center blog and is a DJ at WIXQ. Born in Fells Point, Baltimore and raised in downtown Lancaster, Wyatt keeps busy by playing the drums and reading/writing poetry, in addition to fiction and crossword puzzles. He would like to pursue a career as a collegiate educator and continue making music on the side. His interests include 20th century American poetry, religious history, and Chinese politics. 

Fun Fact(s): Wyatt has a large collection of records and CDs and enters financial ruin to continue its expansion. His favorite TV show is The Wire. His favorite poets are Rory Ferreira and Jack Spicer.

Viviana is an English major who is also minoring in Government, Policy, and Law and Linguistics/ESL. They are a first-generation Latino in the United States with family hailing from Honduras. Viviana is also bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish! At any given moment, you may find Viviana listening to music, with their favorite genres being EDM, Japanese Idol Songs, and Reggaeton— and they enjoy searching for new underground and indie artists in these scenes! One of Viviana's greatest passions is creative writing, and they find pleasure in creating their own works when they get the chance, as well as helping others with their own stories.  

Fun Fact: Viviana is currently on level 931 on Bubble Pop. They are probably past this point by the time of you're reading this.