David Taniyo-Ching

Writer, Editor, Tutor, & Writing Coach                                                                                                          January 2012 – Present

Freelance – Salinas, CA

• Engaged students and clients in an encouraging, organized, time-managed, and friendly way, professionally adjusting each student for their wants, needs, and personalities. Created study guides based on subjects, quizzes, and tests. Take student's learning capabilities to the next level of understanding. 
• Guided, tutored, and taught 10-15 high school and college students in one-on-one sessions (in-person and distance learning) in English, Essay Writing, Political Science, History, Literature, and Creative Writing per semester. Provided academic support and a productive learning environment. 
• Mentored and coached authors one-on-one in fiction writing techniques, workshopping, collaboration, and giving constructive critiques on their work-in-progress novel with the goal of getting published using professional creative writing and English skills by breaking down complex writing concepts into understandable engaging ways. 
• Implemented and delivered editing services on essays and manuscripts in the following types of editing: Manuscript Evaluation, Developmental Editing, Substantive/Content editing, Copyediting, and Proofreading.
• Wrote for authors in over 15 nonfiction novels as the primary ghostwriter taking the story from concept to completion: including editing & getting the novel to publishing.

Editor/Writer                                                                                                                                         November 2020 – March 2021

Pandemic Magazine Vol. 1 – Salinas, CA

• Corresponded with the owner/client of a local magazine to create articles about life in Salinas during the pandemic. Effectively contributed to completing the project leading the way in creating meaningful and engaging articles.
• Authored over 20 articles for the magazine about the owner’s photography and custom car business, local stories about businesses, local entrepreneurs, and the low-rider community in the Monterey Bay area about the year 2020 experiences.
• Managed time writing the articles keeping track of hours for the clients, utilizing time management skills averaging 1-2 hours of work per article and 500-1500 words per article.  
• Oversaw the editing and proofreading of all articles for Pandemic Magazine.
• Supervised the organization of articles to get to printing.
• Delivered completion of work by the end of the set deadline of March 2021.

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing                                                                                         Expected Graduation: July 2024

Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching of Writing                                                                                                December 2022

Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing                                                                                                               August 2021

Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and English: Fiction Writing                                                                               August 2018

Southern New Hampshire University – Manchester, NH

Minored in Professional Writing and Journalism