Our Team at Mathnasium of Elmhurst

Myrtle Castro

Myrtle brings experience in student engagement, personalized academic support, and creating inclusive learning environments. Her skills in mentoring and organizing help students build confidence and improve their math skills! 

Miguel Luna

Miguel Luna is a rising Junior at Elmhurst University. He is currently pursuing a bachelor's in Computer Science and Mathematics. He is also a math tutor at the university. Miguel graduated from Bartlett High School. Miguel enjoys learning how things work and problem-solving. He also enjoys taking gadgets apart, putting them back together, and fixing anything that's broken. Miguel loves Math due to the way it can change how one thinks and perceive the world and its relationship to pattern recognition.

Richard Jeffrey

Richard was a classroom teacher for 40 years. He loves to make learning new things fun and easy to remember. He also is a musician, director, and composer. Richard also knows a ton about history and space! "Curiosity is the essence of our existence." -Gene Cernan

Adi Patel

Adi Patel is an aspiring high school mathematics teacher. In the past he studied mechanical engineering at UIC. In his free time you can find Adi cooking, volunteering or watching/playing sports. His favorite sports are formula 1 racing, basketball and football. Adi finds that an understanding of mathematics allows everyone to experience the world with a bit of curiosity as we are constantly surrounded by numbers, equations and algorithms. He has always loved mathematics growing up and looks forward to sharing this love for math with all of his students.

Chris Browne

Having studied finance and accounting, Christopher currently works as the business manager of a non-profit organization. One of his greatest passions is empowering young people, and aiding them in living up to their greatest potential. An avid marathoner, Christopher encourages bold goal-setting and always promises that persistence pays off.

Jacob Suiter

Jacob Suiter is a Nutrition and Food Science major at UIC. In the past he also studied as an astrophysics major, but found a love for cooking. In his free time, he loves cooking, gardening, and playing video games. He also has a dog, cat, snake, tortoise, bird, and frog as pets.

Jack McGreal

Jack is a senior at York and is currently taking AP Calculus AB and AP Stats. Jack likes the way math makes you think and is planning on pursuing a career in finance and actuarial science. Outside of math, Jack enjoys playing sports, watching football and spending time with his family, friends, and three dogs.

Adam George

Adam is a sophomore at York Community High School. He enjoys math, exercise, sports, going to the mall, buying clothes, and pizza! Adam is currently taking Pre-Calculus Honors and is involved in Deca club and Key club, as he enjoys doing business activities and volunteering. He looks forward to sharing his passion for business and math with all his students!

Johan Chae

Johan is a sophomore at York High School and is currently taking Pre-Calculus. He enjoys going to the gym, playing soccer, and competing in both chess and wrestling. He's so excited to work at Mathnasium because he loves math as well as helping others! Johan hopes to share his love of math because its a universal language! The ability to understand, think, and share this universal language is an absolute necessity and he's believes its satisfying to help get students fluent in math!

Jonah Jones

Jonah is an upcoming senior at York Community High School. Jonah loves anything math-related and he hopes to pursue a future in engineering. Jonah also enjoys playing soccer and tennis in his free time.

Mansi Shah

Mansi is a current senior at York Community High School. Her passions include physics, biology, and helping others. She also enjoys tennis, drawing, color guard, and, of course, math. She currently plans on pursuing a bachelors in BioMedical Engineering.

Tommy Olins

Tommy is a Senior at York High School and is currently taking Calculus BC. Outside of working at the Mathnasium Center, he is on the wrestling team and is the Vice President of Finance for York's business club. In his free time, Tommy enjoys playing guitar and fishing.