About
Joyous Tutoring
Joyous Tutoring began in 2023 with chess nights, virtual tutoring, and individualized cross-age tutoring. High school and college students worked one-on-one with elementary students, helping them practice reading and writing in a simple, encouraging way. Through that model, we learned how to turn complex literacy instruction into clear lessons any mentor or volunteer could lead.
Over time, we delivered hundreds tutoring sessions and saw how powerful consistent literacy support can be. We also learned that many families faced barriers that had little to do with motivation. Work schedules, childcare responsibilities, and attendance challenges made it difficult to sustain in-person tutoring in public housing neighborhoods as the main path to support.
Today, Joyous Tutoring creates step-by-step Bible-based literacy workbooks and instructional videos that help parents and volunteers tutor children in reading and writing. Through our Buy One, Give One model, every workbook purchased helps provide a free workbook to a family zoned to an underperforming school, equipping more families to intervene early, tutor with confidence, and help children become capable readers and writers.
Our Founder’s Story
Gabe Reid (M.Ed) did not always feel motivated from the curriculum in school. But reading history helped him find direction, especially when he encountered the lives of leaders like Booker T. Washington and Thurgood Marshall. Their stories inspired him to see literacy as an act of service: a way to help children discover purpose, build confidence, and imagine a bigger future.
With over a decade of experience in education, Coach Gabe has served as a teacher, curriculum specialist, AmeriCorps volunteer, and Peace Corps volunteer. Through these experiences, he realized families needed support beyond the classroom; Tools that strengthens literacy while equipping families to pass on the Good News of Jesus Christ to the next generation. Joyous Tutoring grew from that conviction, providing families and volunteers with clear, practical materials for faith-centered reading and writing support.
Outside of Joyous Tutoring, Gabe enjoys playing chess, traveling with his wife, and biking with his kids.