Our Team at Mathnasium of Monterey

Marzena

Marzena is the Center Director at Mathnasium of Monterey. Prior to opening the Mathnasium center, Marzena worked as an Operations Director in San Jose, specializing in performing arts centers and real estate property management. Having a strong passion for math, Marzena is enthusiastic about helping every child in the Monterey community to truly understand math by teaching it in the way that makes sense to them. She has taught and tutored children (including her own grandkids), and she is committed to bringing the Mathnasium Method to the children in the community

Andrew

Andrew graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a bachelor's degree in physics. He likes how math describes physical phenomena. His hobbies are listening to music and practicing the guitar and piano.

Brennan

Brennan graduated from CSU Monterey Bay with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and is currently pursuing a high school math teaching credential. He likes analyzing patterns and finding all the ways that math shows up in everyday life, and he loves seeing the moment when an idea clicks in someone’s head. His hobbies include bird photography and reading novels.

Marwa

Marwa is a senior at Marina High School who’s been instructing students at Mathnasium since 2022. She loves using math to logically analyze both the social and scientific aspects of the world. Marwa is also a huge psychology nerd and enjoys pottery and web design.

Jack

Jack is currently attending  Monterey Peninsula College. He enjoys math and loves helping people learn. He likes math competitions and recently won the ASMA contest locally. Jack also likes to go for walks along the water. 

Caitlyn

Caitlyn is a third year student at CSUMB for Environmental Studies with a minor in Education. She loves how math and science work together and being able to help students learn. She enjoys hiking, acting, and reading.

Sophia

Sophia goes to Pacific Grove High School. When they aren't doing math, they enjoy playing the flute and reading. They also like to walk their dog, Brownie, at the beach.

Kai

Kai currently attends Pacific Grove High School. He spends most of his day playng volleyball and solving calculus. He also loves chess and would love any student to challenge him. 

Justin

Justin graduated from the University of Southampton with a Masters in Computer Science, and is currently studying marine science at MPC. He is very passionate about learning new material and enjoys sharing that passion with the students. In his time outside of the Mathnasium, Justin enjoys scuba diving and programming robots for the Seattle aquarium.

Emily

Emily is a senior at Pacific Grove High School. She has always had a passion for academics and enjoys learning new things. She likes how math challenges her to expand her mind to think about things differently and can build on itself to lend understanding to further concepts. She also likes being able to help others expand their knowledge and understanding. In her free time, she enjoys reading and writing.

Cian

Cian is a graduate from U.C. Davis. Cian has a passion for tutoring math, and have been previously tutoring at the Dublin Library in Dublin CA. In his free time he likes playing badminton and reading scifi/fantasy books.

Lauren