2018-19 Tutors
Our 2018-19 tutors, along with their education and years of tutoring experience, are listed below.
Janice Pavelko
Formerly Assisstant Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin, Janice has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado. She has tutored for 15 years.
Sheena Balilo
Sheena has a B.A. in Anthropology from University of California, Berkeley. She has tutored for 9 years.
Anna Love
Anna is a PhD student in Chemical Biology at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to coming to UCI, she receieved a B.S. in Biochemistry from Messiah College, Summa Cum Laude. Anna has been a Teaching Assistant and tutor for 5 years.
Omar Saad
Omar has a B.S in Biology and Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He plans to enter medical school next fall. He scored in the 99th percentile on the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). Omar has been tutoring for the last 3 years.
Sara Hariri
Sara has a PhD in Bioengineering from University of California, San Diego. Prior to her graduate work she received a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. She won awards for her tutoring during her undergraduate years, and has tutored for 7 years.
Tri Pham
Tri has a B.S. in Biology from UCLA. He was valedictorian of his high school class at Ocean View High in Huntington Beach. Tri has tutored for 7 years.
Conrad Kanno
Conrad has JD from Tulane Law School. Prior to his law degree he received a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. He scored a perfect 800 on both his SAT I Math and SAT II Math exams. Conrad has has tutored for over 10 years.
Alexa Root
Alexa is Professor of Mathematics at Santa Ana College. She has taught and tutored all levels of math for more than 15 years. Alexa has an M.S. in Mathematics from the University of California, Riverside.
David Jae
David has a B.A. in Evolutionary Biology from Rice University (GPA 3.51/4.00). He scored 2260 out of 2400 on his SAT, and had perfect 800s on both his SAT I and SAT II Math exams. David has tutored for 3 years
Michael Funaro
Michael has an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from UCLA. Prior to UCLA he received a B.S. in Bioengineering from Pennsylvania State University. Michael has tutored for 7 years.
Kris Augsburger
Kris has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of California, Irvine. He has tutored for 12 years.
Megan Newcomb
Megan is a PhD student in Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine . She has been a Teaching Assistant and tutor for 7 years.
Amanda Levi
Amanda has a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley (GPA 3.69/4.00). She has tutored for 3 years.
Stacy Hata
Stacy has a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. While an undergraduate at UCI she tutored in UCI’s undergraduate tutoring program (LARC). She then became a trainer for the LARC tutors. Stacy has tutored for 8 years.
Marty Leventhal
Marty is the founder and president of Success in Math. He has a B.S. in Mathematics from M.I.T. and an M.B.A. in finance from UCLA. He has tutored for 12 years.