Meet the Team at Mathnasium of Eagle Rock

Maya Diakoff

With Mathnasium since 2014; before starting with Mathnasium, Maya taught high school for 10 years.

School Attended: Occidental College & UCLA

Degree: MS in Chemistry

Hobbies and Interests: Astronomy, knitting, roller skating

What I love about Mathnasium: I love helping kids acquire the tools they need in order to become advanced math students.

Abigail

School Attending: Santa Monica City College

Major: Bio Engineering

Hobbies and Interests: Coding, reading and music

What I love about Mathnasium: Something I love about Mathnasium is how I have the ability to help a student out to become better at math, whether it's a more efficient way or being able to explain why they got a certain answer.

Marc

School Attending: California State University of Long Beach

Major: Applied Mathematics

Degree: BA in Political Science from USC

Hobbies and Interests: Photography, reading non-fiction books, watching films

What I love about Mathnasium: I love that Mathnasium has created an environment where students can build a new positive experience with Math. This environment allows students to share and test their ideas about solving math problems, which raises their confidence.

Lyrika

School Attending: Sacramento State University

Major: Mathematics with Teaching Emphasis

Hobbies and Interests: Kpop, singing, reading, videogames, cooking

What I love about Mathnasium: I love that Mathnasium is such an accessible resource that helps kids learn math in an easier and more entertaining way than a classroom or a private tutor.

Kenny

School Attended: Eagle Rock High School

Hobbies and Interests: Music, reading, video games

What I love about Mathnasium: I love being able to help kids learn new ways to approach math topics and understand math. I love seeing kids gain confidence in their ability to do math and become eager to learn more.

Ethan

School Attending: Occidental College

Major: Economics

Hobbies and Interests: Reading, videogames, fashion

What I love about Mathnasium: I love the ways we build math literacy, and I love the connections and getting to know the kids.

Djuna

School Attending: Occidental College

Major: Biology

Hobbies and Interests: Hiking, making jewelry, working out, reading, coffee, napping, and live music!

What I love about Mathnasium: Mathnasium make math fun to learn - which also makes it fun to teach! It is so much easier to learn math when you don't hate it and everyone here is dedicated to teaching students to love math. I love the supportive energy of the instructors and the students that makes Mathnasium an amazing community!

Jamie

School Attending: Glendale City College

Major: Computer Science

Hobbies and Interests: Dancing and crocheting

What I love about Mathnasium: I can help kids use an efficient way to solve problems, to make doing math problems easy and fun!

Tomas

School Attending: South Pasadena High School

Major: Looking into majoring in something in the medical field

Hobbies & Interests: Buying and selling clothes, video games, and traveling

What I love about Mathnasium: I love helping kids explore and hopefully find a love for math while meeting awesome new people at the same time.