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1790 W Garvey Ave , #B
Monterey Park, CA 91754

Meet the Team at Mathnasium of Monterey Park

Our staff is built to teach each student individually, to develop the skills they need to thrive in mathematics, and to foster a love of learning.

Our staff is built to teach each student individually, to develop the skills they need to thrive in mathematics, and to foster a love of learning.

Math Centers / Monterey Park / Our Team
Jennifer Berganza

Jennifer Berganza

Center Director
Being an Assistant Manager at her previous job, Jenny adds more leadership and management experience to our team. Having earned her degree in History, she never thought of math as her strong suit. However, when she scored a 93% on our math employment test, she realized that maybe this is something that she could be good at. She admits that her mind is more geared towards the humanities (and social sciences - hoping to one day get her Master's degree in Psychology). She has done well in rounding out her own knowledge base by sharpening her math skills through our Instructor training program. Jenny truly sees this position as an opportunity to impact lives. She sees our program as a blessing for our students - a blessing that she wished she had as a young student. Her hobbies include: drawing, reading, and hanging out with friends. She also loves trying out different foods while traveling to new places.

Carlos Hernandez

Assistant Center Director
Carlos started working at Mathnasium in May 2022. Since then he has been a great asset to the team and to the students. He is currently attending Cal State University Los Angeles and working on his Computer Science Major. Some of his favorite pastimes include Basketball and Videogames, which he uses to relate to the students as they always compare sports or video game trivia. What he loves about working here at Mathnasium is that he can help the kids learn math and in doing so not only help the student with their math skills but also build a relationship with them as a tutor and a friendly guide. Fun Fact: He learned how to complete a Rubik's cube when he was in 6th grade

Hong Yu

In-Person/ Online Instructor
Hong has an impressive background in Aerospace Engineering and brings over a decade of tutoring experience to our center. Before joining Mathnasium, most of his tutoring experience was done at the college level. Hong admits that he felt slightly nervous when he first joined our team, not having much experience working with younger students. However, he sees how our teaching techniques really get students to understand math in a way that actually makes sense. Hong still dreams of becoming an Aerospace Engineer, where one day he will be building spaceships and designing technology to explore the vastness of outer space. When he is not teaching (or dreaming), he stays relatively grounded by reading non-fiction materials on science, engineering, and aviation. He also likes to keep up with sports and current events.

Lucy Kassabian

Lead Instructor
Lucy has been with us for a little over a year and has shown how much she is part of the Monterey Park team. She is currently attending the California State University of Northridge and working on her Master's degree as a Math teacher/Professor. She loves working here at Mathnasium because it allows her to work with children and improve their math skills. She believes that Mathnasium provides a great program for kids to utilize and as such encourages her to use different/more effective ways to teach students math once I become a teacher. Her hobbies include watching tv-shows, going on road trips, listening to music, and enjoys watching Hockey on her days off. Fun Fact: She loves learning about & teaching math with care & patience and is always on the lookout for ways to make learning mathematics fun.

Justin Fang

Instructor
Justin joined our team in the summer of 2022. He is currently working on an Aerospace Engineering Degree at Pasadena City College in a transfer program. What he loves about working at Mathnasium is that he is able to help in educating the younger minds of students in the complexities of math. Sometimes he shows the students his college hw in hopes of inspiring them to go into a STEM field as well. In his off time, he enjoys watching cooking shows on Netflix and other streaming platforms.

Tristin Tapia

Instructor
Tristen is currently attending California State University Los Angeles working on his Bachelor's Degree in Integrated Mathematics. What he loves about Mathnasium is that he gets to learn and teach Math in new ways that he was not taught in school. His hobbies include video games and cooking. Fun Fact: I have a personal character that I made called Sueki.

Julianna Jauregui (Julie)

Instructor
Julie joined our team in early 2023. She is currently working on a degree in chemistry at Cal State LA. Her hobbies include going to art museums, painting, snowboarding, and working on cars. What she loves about Mathnasium is that she gets to help the community. She gets to help kids understand concepts that they might not understand and when I get stuck, my team members are there to also help me! "As instructors, we do our best to teach students and keep them focused but the thing about Mathnasium is that we also take an interest in the student’s day and well-being. I love that I have made students feel more comfortable by asking them how their day went or by having a conversation about their favorite food." Fun Fact about Julie: She used to be a student at Mathnasium and now I have become one of the instructors which is really cool! I get to see how it is from both perspectives.

Ryan Giberti

Instructor
Ryan is part of the Monterey Park team. He is currently attending Cal State LA and is working on his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics. What he loves about Mathnasium is that Mathnasium works to not only students get back on track or further their understanding of math, but also the fact that they use methods that are easy to understand for students in a way that they can do the math. My hobbies include going on walks and spending time with my friends. Fun Fact: I was once a student that was in the Monterey Park Center of Mathnasium back when I was a kid.

Jason Po

Instructor/ Online Instructor
Jason is part of the Monterey Park team. He is currently attending the University of California San Diego working on his Bachelor's Degree in Math-CS. What he loves about Mathnasium is that he gets to learn and teach Math in new fun ways that he was not taught in school. His hobbies include basketball, playing video games, and playing the piano. Fun Fact: I know roughly the first 10 digits of Pi

Mark Kim

Instructor
Mark is one of the newer instructors here at Mathnasium of Monterey Park. He attended the University of California Riverside and has a degree in Math and Computer Science. His main hobbies include Basketball, Singing, and playing the guitar. What he likes most about working here at Mathnasium is 'the helpfulness of the other instructors and the enthusiasm of the students' Fun Fact about Mark: He has multiple fish tanks at home and he takes care of freshwater shrimp!

Patrick Le (Pat)

Instructor
Patrick is one of our newer instructors here at the Monterey Park Center. He attended PCC/ Cal Poly Pomona as a Computer Science Major. His hobbies outside of Mathnasium are music, games, anime/manga, and taking runs. What he loves about working here at Monterey Park is that it is very organized and has a clean workspace; work is smooth and makes helping all the students all the more fun. Fun Fact about himself: Used to be good at piano and ranks high in rhythm games

Jessica Ly

Instructor
Jessica is one of our newest instructors, as she just joined our team in Oct 2023! She is currently attending the University of California Irvine and her major of interest is Biology. Her hobbies outside of Mathnasium include: reading, baking, and trying different workout classes. What she loves most about working at Mathnasium is that she gets to see the math make sense to the students and she has fun during the process of teaching and learning Fun Fact about Jessica: "I share the same birthday as Taylor Swift!"

Anthony Wu

Instructor
Anthony is a new instructor who started in Feb 2024. He graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor's in Computer Science. In his free time when he is not teaching math, he enjoys playing badminton and watching K-dramas and anime. One of his favorite things about working for Mathnasium is "I like how friendly the environment is at Mathnasium and seeing the faces of the kids light up when they learn a new math concept." Fun Facts: His favorite food is Korean Fried Chicken as he thinks it is tasty and when he attended UCI, he also competed in archery tournaments

Nolan Syth

Online Instructor
Nolan is one of our online instructors, he is currently attending Arizona State University. What he loves about Mathnasium is that the environment is very intuitive for teaching students. As he was a former Mathnasium student, he acknowledges that Mathnasium Methods were something he always admired. His hobbies include movies, swimming, and video games. Fun Fact: He and his uncle share the same birthday

Ervin Simonian

Online Instructor
Ervin joined our online team in late 2022 He is currently attending Cal State Northridge, working on a Computer Engineering Degree. His hobbies include computers, researching, and building computers (he was even able to sell one). What he loves about working at Mathnasium is the emphasis to make sure that students not only pass the lesson but also fully understand the math and showing students that math can actually be fun. Interesting Fact: He loves learning about everything, any conversation is a learning experience

Alejandra Cermeno

Education Specialist
Alejandra graduated from the University of California, Riverside in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. Shortly after graduation, Alejandra joined the Mathnasium of Pasadena team as an instructor and advanced her way to Center Director over the course of 3 years. As Education Specialist, she is now in charge of all student learning plans, training of new instructors, and furthering the training of current instructors alongside Xavier, the District Support Specialist

Andrew Molina

District Manager
Andrew graduated from the University of San Diego in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. After graduation, he joined the team at Mathnasium of South Pasadena as a Math Instructor. After moving his way up to Lead Instructor and Assistant Center Director, Andrew became the Center Director for the Mathnasium of South Pasadena. Due to the wonderful time he had to manage the South Pasadena center over the course of 3 years, Andrew looks forward to his new role as District Manager. As District Manager Andrew will oversee the management of the Mathnasium centers located in Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Marino, and South Pasadena. He is excited to continue to provide top-tier customer service at each Mathnasium location as well as helping build his students’ confidence so they can succeed at any goal they set for themselves.

Our Mathnasium Mission

Teach children math so they understand it, master it, and love it. Math can change their lives, and they can change the world.

What I love about Mathnasium is the ability to teach problem-solving skills and make math make sense, while also making a student smile.
Amber W., Mathnasium Instructor

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