Student driver at the wheel, her eyes on the rear-view mirror, seen from the passenger seat

Patient people,
passenger side.

4 instructors

English, Spanish, Hindi, Gujarati

Automatic and manual

Rated after every lesson

Portrait of instructor Carmen Ruiz smiling outdoors

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

Portrait of instructor Derek Hollis in a blue shirt

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

Portrait of instructor Aisha Patel smiling

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

Portrait of instructor Tom Becker smiling with arms crossed

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.

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