Mr. Tyler Block

Tyler Block earned his Bachelor’s degree, with a double major in English and Italian, from the University of California, Davis in June 2007.  He is the nephew of Mill Creek Academy Director Cheri Block Sabraw and has wanted to work in the family business for several years. He currently lives in Davis, California and commutes to Fremont to teach his classes at Mill Creek.

Mr. Block is a certified English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor and recently returned from Santiago, Chile, where he taught ESL to teenagers and adults in the largest private institute in Chile (Instituto Chileno Norteamericano).  He is also fluent in Italian and is a student of Spanish.

His love for language and literature began at the university level where he had the opportunity to study a wide range of literary disciplines, from Plato and Aristotle to Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Wordsworth.  His extensive experiences traveling throughout Europe and living in Italy have given him a great appreciation of language and communication.  Mr. Block’s passion for teaching is fueled by his recognition of the fundamental importance of both the written and spoken word in everyday life.  He believes that writing improvement not only elevates students’ level of professional development and chances of getting into a great university, but it also makes them better people. 

In his free time Mr. Block loves to stay physically active and enjoys playing basketball and hiking.  This past summer he completed a two-week hike around Lake Tahoe on the 165 mile Tahoe Rim Trail.  Mr. Block feels honored to have the opportunity to work at the Mill Creek Academy.