Cara is a multi-disciplined teacher, writer, artist and jeweller. She holds an MA with Distinction in Prose Fiction from the famous post-graduate course at the University of East Anglia, where she received The Sir Malcolm Bradbury Memorial Scholarship in 2019. Cara came second in the prestigious Bridport Short Story Prize in 2020 and is a published author of fiction in the UK. She was longlisted for the National Poetry Competition in 2017, won the Onno Boekhoudt Travel Award in 2016 and was the Griffin Scholar at Royal College of Art in 2014. Cara is an experienced SEND teacher and enjoys tutoring students of all abilities. With a background studying film and sculpture at Oxford University, she later honed her skills at the Royal College of Art, gaining an MA with Distinction in Jewellery and Goldsmithing in 2016. She has been Artist in Residence at Dulwich College, given workshops in collaboration with various children’s charities, the V&A and Glasgow School of Art. Cara was also invited back to the Royal College of Art as a visiting lecturer.

Cara teaches English language and literature, creative writing and art history lessons. She devises bespoke lessons that engage students’ imaginations as well as challenging them academically by providing a range of lessons that explore British cultural, art and language. Cara also teaches undergraduate art and design students, helping with preparation for postgraduate study in the UK, specifically at Oxford and Cambridge University. Her classes are designed to progress students in all areas of English language including reading, oral fluency, comprehension skills, listening, speaking and all areas of writing (grammar, vocabulary expansion and punctuation). Cara works to the UK Curriculum (KS1 to KS4) as well as teaching ESL from Levels A1 right through to B2+. She has had great success tutoring students to improve above and beyond their expectations.