Nurturing learners, voices, visions, and the written word

LitCare offers tutoring, editing, and research assistance, operating virtually and in-home in the Bay Area.

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Thorough, thoughtful, and skilled support to help you reach your writing objectives

I collaborate with you to develop a plan to meet your short-term and long-term goals.

Supporting you means learning from you

You are the expert in your own vision, knowledge, strengths, and needs.

We work together to identify and experiment with tools, ultimately developing a toolkit specific to who you are, how your own mind works, and what you wish to accomplish.

What Clients are Saying

“Our daughter did not receive adequate writing instruction in high school, and Elena was an incredible writing coach. Elena supported our daughter take on challenging research, develop original critiques, and organize her thoughts in well-structured essays. Elena's tutoring was essential in helping our daughter reach grade-level skills, prepare college essays, and build a life-long foundation in writing.”

- Nova B., Berkeley, CA

“I’ve been working with Elena for about two years, and her editorial skills have made a world of difference in my writing. She knows about how to structure my novel, so there is an overview, and knows how to develop characters, so they are believable, and the reader becomes engaged…Thanks to her, I finish my projects in good order, and that’s a blessing.”

- Anne I., Richmond, CA

I feel so lucky to get to work with Elena as an editor. She is able to offer thorough feedback on the big picture of a story—plot, character, themes, intention—as well as the sentence-level language and grammar choices that can make or break a work of short fiction. Rather than being prescriptive, she asks insightful questions that help me to discern what I want from my work and how revision can help me get there. I have become a much more confident and skilled writer since working with her (and hope to continue working with her for a long time to come!).

- Hanna M., Washington, DC

“Elena was super helpful! She gave me a lot of tips and some ideas to start brainstorming for my college essays. She is very easy to talk to and willing to work with you however you need. Very grateful to have her as a set of expert eyes on my writing!”