Adria graduated from Boston Latin Academy and obtained her BA in economics at Boston College. She has over seven years of tutoring experience, including ISEE Prep, general academic tutoring for K-8 students, and also HS-Level Latin and Math (Algebra through Calculus). She specializes in test preparation (SAT & ISEE/SSAT), math, science, and english. Outside of her passions for tutoring and economics, Adria loves to pursue her diverse academic interests. Her former positions include repairing humanoid robots at Softbank Robotics America and spearheading a major price transparency project at Boston Children’s Hospital aimed at lowering healthcare costs. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and hiking, and has a goal to visit all of the world’s national parks!

Brenda is an expert tutor with almost twenty years of experience teaching and tutoring students of all ages and levels in math, science, history, critical reading, and SAT/ACT/AP test prep. She loves to learn from her students and prides herself on student growth, innovation, and independence. She strives to make the most complex of topics both comprehensible and fun. Brenda obtained her Sc.B.s in Chemical Physics and Applied Mathematics from Brown University, M.Phil. in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, and her Ph.D. from Columbia University. During the day, she enjoys brainstorming and researching new scientific ideas; in her spare time, she enjoys hiking, biking, and running. She is also an avid basketball fan (go Celtics!).

Bridget a current middle school teacher and tutor with experience working with students from middle to high school. She is originally from the suburbs of Chicago but moved to Massachusetts in 2018 to attend Tufts University. She graduated with a B.A. in Economics and Education. After Tufts, Bridget attended Brown University for a Master’s degree in Secondary Social Studies Education. . Bridget has tutored and taught ACT test preparation, math, ELA, and history in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and loves to help students develop their confidence and academic skills. She hopes to help students reach their goals, find creative solutions to problems, and feel prepared going into their tests. In her free time, she loves to run, read, go to the beach, and spend time with friends.

Connor is a master’s of arts candidate in Psychology at Brandeis University, studying the cognition and neuroscience behind how students learn – and he puts that to work in every session. He believes strong tutoring does two things at once: it delivers clear instruction and teaches students to think through problems on their own. Over more than six years of tutoring, that balance has shaped how he helps students master coursework and prepare for the SAT. His approach grew out of psychology, which he studied at Bryant University while tutoring chemistry, biology, psychology, neuroscience, and math at its Academic Center for Excellence. He explains concepts thoroughly, then coaches students toward the confidence to apply them independently. Outside of work, Connor competes in track and field, plays chess, and is learning the piano.

Elise was born and raised in Natick, MA. She received Masters of Education in Middle School Mathematics from Worcester State University and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Honors Program at Providence College, with a degree in Secondary Education with Mathematics. Elise has been working for almost a decade in the Waltham Public Schools teaching seventh-grade mathematics. Elise is highly involved in her school community and dedicated to helping her students be successful. When not at school, Elise enjoys being active, socializing with friends, and spending time with her husband and dog. Elise specializes in academic tutoring (for grade 6-12 mathematics, specifically Algebra I and II, and Geometry) and ISEE & SSAT preparation.

Well-versed in a range of academic subjects and the SAT, Hannah has over a decade of classroom teaching experience and has delivered high-quality private academic and test prep tutoring for fifteen years. She is familiar with an array of learning styles and teaching approaches, and she enjoys tailoring her instruction to meet the needs of individual students. She is empathetic, creative, and patient, taking every opportunity to encourage students to hone their skills and realize their highest capabilities. Hannah is also a contemporary painter and visual artist, poet, and musician. She loves listening to music, reading, doing puzzles, and attending community events.

Joshua, a Chicago native, has been tutoring since his junior year of high school, when he helped fellow students with mathematics and science. At Northwestern University, from which he graduated with a B.A. in Biology, he had the privilege of tutoring undergraduates in intermediate biology and teaching incoming tutors the weekly material. And during his master’s in public health program at Washington University in St. Louis, he worked as a STAT LAB tutor. He was even requested to tutor professors’ kids! Having tutored for over 10 years, both in school and with national tutoring companies (where he earned a perfect 36 on all four sections of a practice ACT!), Joshua has experience tutoring a wide range of students, including those with learning disabilities. He specializes in the ACT and SAT (all sections), as well as AP exams such as Biology, Chemistry, Math II, and Physics. For academic subjects, Joshua can teach mathematics from Pre-Algebra to Multivariable Calculus and science from Biology to Organic Chemistry. In his free time, he loves working on strength & conditioning and taking mini road trips to local and national landmarks.

Karina, a lifelong resident of Boston, vividly remembers taking the ISEE exam before attending Boston Latin School from 7th-12th grade. For college, she was awarded a full tuition academic scholarship to Boston University, where she received her BSBA, majoring in Business Administration and Management with concentrations in Law and Marketing and minoring in Psychology. She currently works for the state’s Office of the Inspector General as an Investigator. Karina’s family instilled in her a passion for giving back to her community, which she believes sparked her interest in public service. During her academic career, Karina developed a clear understanding of a competitive academic environment and thus strives to make the standardized testing process manageable and even encouraging for her students. In her free time, Karina loves to travel, cuddle her golden retriever, and enjoy the company of her family and friends.

Quintana (Q) earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology and Family & Human Development from Arizona State University. She has worked as a tutor and teaching assistant for students in grades 2-12 for over a decade in different subjects, including AP classes and test preparation (SAT, ACT, ISEE and SSAT). After college, she directed her passion for development and teaching into helping students with special needs, working with students whose ages ranged from 18 months to 22-years and delivering ABA services both in home and at school. Q moved to Boston for graduate school, earning an M.A. in Psychology from Boston University. Currently, she works as a Program Manager for Quality & Metrics at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Outside of work, she enjoys watching hockey and dreams of someday having a corgi.

Roxanna has been a Natick resident for her entire life. She graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in Human Physiology and an M.S. in Oral Health Sciences before proceeding to Tufts School of Dental Medicine where she received her D.M.D. Her tutoring career began with tutoring her peers as a service project for National Honor Society and also through tutoring elementary aged students in an after school program during high school. In dental school, she volunteered her time tutoring students at a nearby middle school. Currently she works as a dentist, but she has enjoyed tutoring so much that she has stayed on to work in her free time. Her tutoring specialties include all sections of the ACT and math. She has a strong passion for standardized testing because she believes it is very straightforward once you understand all of its nuances. In her free time Roxanna enjoys baking, going to the beach, watching Boston sports and traveling.

Steve grew up in Newton, went to Newton North High School, then attended Washington University in St Louis. He has an MS from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and an MAT from Simmons College. In 1995, he left his job as a sports journalist in Pennsylvania and started teaching English back home. He has never once regretted the switch. He’s taught at Belmont High School, Newton North High School, and, for the past 15 years, at Wellesley High School. Each year he makes sure he teaches a mix of ages and abilities, from honors seniors to ninth graders just acquainting themselves with the challenges of high school. Steve writes everyday and is passionate about language, about how to read to enrich your mind and life, and about how to craft sentences that are clear and concise, sharp and stylistic. As a tutor, he strives for clarity and directness and loves seeing his students gain knowledge that leads to confidence. When not teaching, Steve cherishes the time he spends with his daughter—they particularly like climbing mountains, walking their dog, Nico, and reading good stories out loud.

Stuart is currently a PhD candidate at Northeastern University for BioEngineering. He focuses on nanopore sequencing technologies applied across a variety of biological applications, including but not limited to RNA modifications, Alzheimer’s disease, and tRNA. While Stuart’s current path has taken him into the academic world, he spent 10 years as a chef in California, working in Italian and Spanish fine dining. Stuart has also developed a lifelong passion for tutoring, whereby he can help people learn new skills and share knowledge. His approach involves breaking down problems of any complexity into their component pieces before building them back together to solve the original problem with a new toolkit. He loves tutoring math, biology, and chemistry, and he has extensive expertise in statistics, genomics, and bioinformatics that he can use to support extracurricular or academic projects. Additionally, Stuart tutors for the SAT, and he has even been known to take practice tests for fun from time to time. In his free time, Stuart enjoys cooking, statistics, and board games. Additionally, Stuart has been known to have riveting, edge-of-your-seat philosophical debates with his dog, Massi.

Thomas grew up in Chelmsford, where he was a tri-captain of his high school math team, which won repeatedly at the local, regional, and national levels; Thomas even made the second level of the Math Olympiad as a junior. He has an MBA and Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from RPI and a Master’s of Science from University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Thomas has been tutoring at the high school level for twenty-five years, and he enjoys making connections with his students, making the lessons fun, and driving his students to outperform their peers. Thomas loves not only to tutor but to learn, and he keeps his skills up-to-date: he has taken eleven classes at Northeastern University to stay current in computer science; one class at Boston University in Switching Theory and Logic Design; and two at Harvard University, one in Analog Electronics and one in Communications. Outside of tutoring, Thomas enjoys hobbies of archery, gemology (Thomas has collected rocks, gems and minerals since he was a child and has been a jeweler at several stores), and foreign languages, having studied Spanish, Italian and French as well as having worked in Canada and Italy. He has also earned his Triple Crown in Toastmasters – a nonprofit that teaches public speaking and leadership skills – and has held several roles in his club, including multiple terms as President.

Zoe was born and raised in upstate New York and attended UMass Amherst, where she graduated with a BS in Mathematics and an MEd in Mathematics Education. While at UMass, Zoe was in the UMass Marching Band and tutored students in various math topics, including including trigonometry, precalculus, and calculus. Since then, Zoe has been teaching high school math in the Boston area, where she lives with her girlfriend and two cats. She currently teaches Honors Math 1, and a Trig/Stats course for seniors. She tutors for the SAT, ISEE/SSAT, and subject-specific math topics. Zoe‘s favorite part about teaching/tutoring is seeing students build confidence in themselves and their abilities. She has a student-centered approach to learning and believes that building rapport with students is essential. In her free time, Zoe enjoys reading, running, weight lifting, cooking, and exploring Boston.