Alyson Jensen

UCLA (B.A. in English Literature)

Born and raised in Southern California, Alyson has tutored privately as well as for not-for-profit organizations like 826LA and the UCLA Mentorship program for many years. She believes that effective organization and time-management skills are the first tools that any student needs to succeed, but that learning, if done right, should never feel like a “real” job.

When she is not tutoring, you can find Alyson hard at work collecting languages, bicycle accessories, graduate school applications and other asymmetrically-shaped things.

Amani S.

Amani began teaching leadership and organizational skills to other high school students as a counselor and advisor through social justice organizations such as the National Conference for Community and Justice and PeaceJam, while attending Pembroke Hill High School in Kansas City, MO. In college, Amani taught theatre to American high school students in London and creative movement to preschool and elementary school students. Since graduating, she has been an editor for EssayEdge, the renowned application essay editing service, and tutored students attending some of the most competitive schools in Manhattan and Los Angeles. Amani brings a creative edge to tutoring an variety of subjects, and particularly enjoys guiding students with composition, research, and literary assignments.

Ben F. 

Cornell University (B.S. in Human Development); The New York Film Academy (Screenwriting program) 

Born and raised in Ithaca, N.Y., Ben moved to Los Angeles in 2005 to pursue screenwriting, and in 2007 sold his first script to Universal Studios.  Ben has previously tutored at the high school and college level, and has also worked as a one-to-one aide with Autistic children in middle schools.  During his spare time, Ben enjoys playing in the Beverly Hills Tennis league and, of course, watching movies.

Chris K. 

Duke University (B.A. in English and Classical Studies); UCLA (M.F.A. in screenwriting)

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Chris is a teacher and writer who has sold projects to Disney and Universal. Chris enjoys running and hiking despite his increasingly creaky knees. He lives and limps in Venice.

Christine G.

Yale University (B.A. in Theatre Studies)

Christine graduated from Yale University with honors.  While getting her degree in Theater Studies, she also studied abroad at Oxford.  At Yale, she was the Vice President of Academic Excellence in her sorority and also worked as a mentor for Theater Students.  Since living in LA, she has worked as an academic and standardized test tutor.  She loves helping students with math, writing, research, organization, and test-taking difficulty.  When she's not tutoring, she's finding something creative to do--probably acting, writing, photographing, or thinking!

Daniel D.

Daniel is Van Nuys born but Chicago bred, and he recently found his way back out west for a film internship. Back in school, Daniel kept busy with sports like basketball and ultimate frisbee, and he was active in musical theater and a cappella groups.  Daniel double-majored in journalism and English with a minor in creative writing at the University of North Carolina, and he considered being a sports journalist out of college.  Daniel spent the past year in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic teaching English literature and journalism at a bilingual high school.  The previous year he taught at South Florida Summerbridge, an enrichment program for high-achieving, low-income students.  He has been tutoring since high school in everything from voice lessons to Spanish to essay writing.

David K.

Georgetown University (B.A. in English)

David has been working with young people since he was young himself. After spending seven summers as a camp counselor and eventually an Assistant Director at Woodtrail Day Camp, he volunteered as an academic/life skills tutor at the Demeter drug rehabilitation clinic while attending Georgetown University. This experience led him to work as a private tutor to high school students, covering subjects ranging from AP Psychology to SAT Prep. In addition, David worked as a substitute teacher in various subjects throughout college and taught ESL while studying abroad in Madrid.

After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Georgetown with a degree in English, David joined AmeriCorps and worked with the educational nonprofit City Year. He employed improvisational theatre techniques to help public school students act out solutions to social problems such as gang violence, substance abuse and homophobia. During this time David also tutored students in grades K-12 in reading, writing and mathematics skills. He has spent the last three years pursuing an MFA in Film Directing at UCLA, where his work as a teacher and teacher’s assistant has continued. Most recently, David designed and taught curriculum for UCLA's Summer Discovery program. 

David's work as a tutor has been one of his most rewarding jobs. He really loves watching students grow and develop confidence in their academic abilities, and he feels a great deal of pride when they succeed.

Daniel W.

UCLA (B.S. in Pure Mathematics, summa cum laude & highest departmental honors)

A native of Southern California, Daniel became the third generation in his family to attend UCLA, earning the school's prestigious Regents Scholarship out of High School. He balanced his time at UCLA between classes, tutoring math, volunteering for the Special Olympics and following Bruin athletics. Daniel has five years experience as a summer teaching assistant at academic summer programs run by Johns Hopkins University and Duke University where he has taught exciting courses like Game Theory and Spy 101 (Code-breaking).

After graduating in 2008, Daniel embarked on a two year around the world journey where he visited 40 countries on three continents. After adventures that included working in a bookstore on a Greek Island, an archeology dig in Israel and working as a math tutor in Morocco, Daniel has returned home to do what he calls the best job in the world, “Tutoring math.” He loves working with students of all levels, sharing his love of math and using derivations to promote learning not memorization.