
Patient people,
passenger side.
4 instructors
English, Spanish, Hindi, Gujarati
Automatic and manual
Rated after every lesson

Teen program lead
Carmen Ruiz
Carmen runs the teen program and writes the progress texts parents get after every lesson. She teaches the full course in English or Spanish, and she is known for turning nervous fifteen-year-olds into calm, careful drivers.
Experience
12 years teaching
Languages
English, Spanish
Transmission
Automatic

Adult & anxious drivers
Derek Hollis
Derek works with adults who are starting later, coming back after a long break, or who simply feel anxious behind the wheel. His first lessons often begin in an empty parking lot with the engine off, and nobody is ever rushed.
Experience
9 years teaching
Languages
English
Transmission
Automatic

Manual transmission
Aisha Patel
Aisha teaches stick shift and our weekend adult lessons. She learned to drive in three countries and has a gift for breaking a tricky skill into small, repeatable steps.
Experience
7 years teaching
Languages
English, Hindi, Gujarati
Transmission
Manual & automatic

Highway & defensive driving
Tom Becker
Tom trained delivery fleet drivers for a decade before joining Greenlight. He teaches highway merging, defensive driving and road test prep, and he knows every tricky on-ramp in Austin.
Experience
18 years teaching
Languages
English
Transmission
Automatic
Nobody teaches
on day one.
Being a good driver isn’t the same as being a good teacher. Every instructor clears four checks, in this order, before a solo lesson.
01
Licensed
Every instructor holds a current state driving instructor license.
02
Background-checked
Criminal background and driving record checks when hired and every year after.
03
Trained to coach calmly
Forty hours of ride-along training in our calm-coaching method before teaching solo.
04
Rated every lesson
Students and parents rate each lesson, and a lead instructor reads every rating.
Ask for
someone
by name.
Mention who you’d like in the notes when you book, and we’ll match your schedule to theirs.