Kalen Lister

Kalen Lister is a highly sought after academic and test prep tutor based in Brooklyn, NY. In her 15+ years of experience working with students from pre-K through early high school, she has helped students gain access to the country's most prestigious schools while deepening their love of learning. She is warm and compassionate even while setting high standards. Kalen focuses on the psychological needs of each student, stimulates their innate curiosity, and increases their confidence and ability through a focus on executive functioning. She loves helping young children form a positive relationship with learning while increasing their abilities and test scores.

Kalen’s passion for education began with her own varied educational experiences including Montessori school, public school, home-schooling, prep school, and university. Upon graduating from The University of Pennsylvania, she was accepted to Phillips Exeter Academy’s summer teaching internship program. The internship solidified her early passion for teaching that she first experienced in high school. Upon moving to NYC, she pursued a career in education while simultaneously pursuing a career in music. In 2010 Kalen joined a test prep company at its inception, working primarily with Pre-K and K children on school entry exams. She then launched a private tutoring practice (Out of The Box Tutoring) working with a wider range of ages before being recruited by Noodle – now Inspirica – Pros.

In addition to helping students prepare for achievement and entry exams, Kalen teaches executive functioning skills and provides extensive academic support, attending both to remediation and or the need for custom enrichment curricula. She has developed a unique approach to helping students with personal narratives, applications and internship essays that combine songwriting and acting techniques so as to help students write personally and with specificity. Kalen continues to study the best emerging practices for aiding neurodiverse learners and folds both mindfulness and elements of CBT into her sessions when relevant. Regardless of the context, Kalen has a reputation for getting excellent results while making the process as enjoyable as possible for both tutee and parent. Her clients are as loyal to her as she is to them.

When not working in the world of education…

Kalen writes and performs music. She is a composer, singer, keyboard player, lyricist and performer. In addition to her solo projects, she leads the electronic audio visual band Death By Piano, and is part of the ambient poetry band Late Sea. She has been known to take on unique projects that merge music and education. Click

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to see the anthem she wrote and produced with NYC youth for the non-for-profit Girls Inc. NYC.

The rest of the time Kalen enjoys hosting artist salons along with traveling and exploring the great outdoors with her five year old daughter, her 1 years old son, and her husband.