Donald Viscardi

Donald served for over three decades as the Master Tutor at an internationally recognized test prep company and has tutored literally thousands of students of all ages. He also has trained hundreds of other aspiring tutors and has been involved in the development of course materials for high school, college, and grad school entrance exams. He has led numerous seminars and participated in panel discussions based on his expertise in various standardized tests. Donald has worked with the families of leaders in the arts, finance, and government realms, travelling (at least in the pre-Skype/Zoom days) throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America.

Donald attributes much of his success to the sheer breadth of his experience. He has encountered such a diversity of learning styles that he has the keen ability to focus immediately on a student’s most pressing needs, finding the most efficient and fulfilling course of action, and ultimately following through to a successful test day. Donald strongly believes that the one-on-one process is multi-dimensional and that a great tutor finds various ways to connect with and inspire his students. He likens his approach to the Confucian philosophy: “Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I remember. Involve me, and I learn.”

Donald highly values so many accomplishments during his career, helping countless students realize their dreams of acceptance into a top school or attaining that seemingly unattainable score. For so many of his students, he has served as the proud guide from their high school entrance days, reconnecting for college admissions, and later on for business or law school. In fact, Donald has become the go-to tutor for entire extended families, working his magic among siblings and cousins, ushering them to their next milestone. Recently, his proudest achievement has been to tutor several students who are the children of his former tutees!

Donald is a native of Brooklyn, NY, where he lives currently with his lovely wife of 27 years and his two teenage boys. For the last 15 years he has devoted much of his spare time to coaching baseball and flag football at a local community sports league, and he is exceptionally proud of his 5 division championships in football in the last 8 of those years. Donald is an avid walker/hiker, and you can catch him daily on the loop in nearby Prospect Park or traversing the tranquil paths of Greenwood Cemetery. He loves photography and enjoys creating videos and slide shows for his extended family, chronicling events, major and minor. Donald is also passionate about horror films and literature and has spent many a late night revisiting the exploits of Fred Kruger and Jason Voorhees!