[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Header” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FBF7F1″ locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Cila Warncke” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”58cc07c4-9a46-47c1-9522-2133da904a79″ title_font=”DM Serif Text|||||on|||” title_text_color=”#1D5E64″ title_font_size=”92px” custom_padding=”20px||||false|false” border_color_all=”#1D5E64″ border_width_top=”2px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”a15f2afb-d9e5-4b71-b66d-f0020020f7a9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Cila’s personal <\/span>journey from home school to the Ivy League has fuelled her passion for helping exceptional students craft unique success stories.<\/span><\/p>\n Her teaching practice draws on more than 25 years’ experience as an author, journalist, writing coach and editor.<\/span><\/p>\n Cila’s speciality is supporting gifted, twice-exceptional and neurodivergent young people. Her extensive personal and professional involvement in this community equips her to offer holistic, evidence-based, learner-centered education in a supportive, inclusive environment.<\/span><\/p>\n For the past 10 years, Cila has taught English literature and linguistics, writing, and EAL in private schools in the United States, Spain and France. <\/span><\/p>\n She now works online with students around the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”\/services” button_text=”Services” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”cb99a95b-3340-489e-860a-a022514f7236″ button_text_color=”#1D5E64″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/writetosuccess.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cila-office.webp” title_text=”cila-office.webp” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|500px|500px|500px|500px” global_colors_info=”{}” width__hover_enabled=”off|desktop”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-bcc99e3b-722a-4dba-85e5-49c6d1592562″ positioning=”absolute” position_origin_a=”top_right” width=”90px” width_tablet=”90px” width_phone=”60px” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” height=”90px” height_tablet=”90px” height_phone=”60px” height_last_edited=”on|desktop” border_radii=”on|500px|500px|500px|500px” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-bcc99e3b-722a-4dba-85e5-49c6d1592562%22:%91%22background_color%22,%22background_color%22,%22background_color%22%93}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”About” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-8544a4e2-27b8-420a-83de-1cee04f2fb29″ locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8544a4e2-27b8-420a-83de-1cee04f2fb29%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/writetosuccess.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/psychologist-illustration-04-1.png” title_text=”psychologist-illustration-04-1″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”170px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Cila” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”1dcc46c3-4a8c-43d1-b329-bede38792bab” title_text_color=”gcid-fa3e187d-20a7-4c5a-962d-49a38117a4cc” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-fa3e187d-20a7-4c5a-962d-49a38117a4cc%22:%91%22title_text_color%22%93}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_heading title=”The making of an educator” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”39a7981c-f723-4db2-a02f-88a33f9638bd” title_font_size=”42.5px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”a15f2afb-d9e5-4b71-b66d-f0020020f7a9″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Age four, I picked up a\u00a0Frog & Toad<\/em> book and read it aloud to my mother.<\/p>\n It would be 40 years before I heard the word hyperlexia<\/em>, but it was clear from childhood that my language skills were out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n When I entered 7th grade after years of “unschooling” my academic abilities masked difficulties with executive function and social skills.<\/p>\n As long as I got straight As, which I did, and 99% percentile standardized test scores (ditto), teachers assumed I had it all under control. They were half right.<\/p>\n I graduated top of my class and was accepted into the University of Pennsylvania. Its elite standards honed my strengths but exposed my weaknesses. Like many gifted students with concurrent exceptionalities, I struggled.<\/p>\n After graduation I landed my dream job as a music journalist in my dream city, London. 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