Our Team at Mathnasium of Papillion

Owen

Owen is working toward his bachelors degree, currently taking calculus II. He has developed strong tutoring skills at Mathnasium and through tutoring peers in Spanish during high school. Long term, Owen plans to attend dental school, where he hopes to combine his love of science, precision, and problem-solving. 

At Mathnasium, Owen enjoys helping students see math as both logical and creative. He has a strong interest in music, and outside of work, he plays piano, enjoys gaming, and spends time with family and friends. His favorite number is 3.

Abby

Before becoming an instructor, Abby was a Mathnasium student for 4 years. Because of that, she improved her math skills and feels comfortable teaching math. Abby is taking Algebra 3 currently. She works with kids at Kids Club during the summer and during school breaks.

Abby plans to study Physical Therapy and earn her doctorate in her field. Her favorite numbers are all multiples of 3 – 3, 9, 18 and 21.

Lena

Lena is a student at Papillion La Vista South High School. She is actively involved in DECA, Student Council and sports, where she develops teamwork, leadership, and communication skills while collaborating with peers. As a motivated student, she enjoys learning new concepts, challenging herself academically, and finding meaningful ways to apply math inside and outside the classroom. Lena is interested in biology, business, and, of course, math.

In her spare time, she enjoys reading, traveling, playing tennis and other sports, and spending time with friends and family. Her favorite number is 4, because it is the day she was born and proves to be her lucky number.

Emily

While pursuing her MS in mathematics at UNO, Emily taught math classes as a GTA and fell in love with teaching. Growing up, she struggled in school and didn't know why. She learned in adulthood that she has ADHD. Now Emily strives to be the teacher she wishes she had for neurodivergent kids.

In her free time, Emily collects hobbies. Currently, they include chess, video games, playing ukulele and wire-wrapping jewelry. Her favorite number is 12 because it can be divided many ways for a number so small.

Rebekah

Rebekah has a bachelor's degree in mathematics with a concentration in secondary education. She taught high school math at Chester Area High School before joining Mathnasium. Rebekah loves helping students build confidence and find success in mathematics. One of her favorite things about Mathnasium is how it helps students discover that math can be both understandable and enjoyable.

Outside of work, Rebekah enjoys caring for houseplants, spending time with family and friends, playing the piano and going for walks. Her favorite number is 2 because it is the only even prime number.

Evan

Evan is a high school student who has developed strong tutoring and communication skills through his work at Mathnasium and his experience helping classmates with math. He has a strong interest in mathematics, science, and problem-solving, and plans to pursue a career in engineering or architecture after high school. At Mathnasium, Evan enjoys helping students build confidence in math and showing them that challenging problems can be both rewarding and fun. Outside of work, Evan is passionate about running and competes in track and cross country. He also enjoys listening to music, spending time with family and friends, and staying active. His favorite number is 27.

Victoria

Being a Mathlete at Mathnasium was an experience Victoria truly loved. She met incredible people and instructors who made learning math both challenging and enjoyable. Now, as an instructor, she experiences Mathnasium from a different perspective. Victoria loves working with the mathletes, helping them grow in confidence, and seeing their mathematical talents firsthand. Going from a Mathlete to an instructor has allowed Victoria to give back to the community that helped her grow while inspiring the next generation of mathematicians. Victoria's favorite number just happens to be 2^136,279,841 -1

Riley

Riley is a student at Papillion La Vista South High School, participates in sports and loves the musical arts. She plays golf, enjoys show choir, and is part of the HOSA club. Riley also used to be a student at Mathnasium! The amazing influence of the other instructors gave Riley the confidence to come and work at Mathnasium. She has a lot of memories here like losing her first tooth! Her interests are history, radiology, and math.  Riley has spent a lot of time at Mathnasium and loved every second of it. Her favorite number is 99 because it is the longest number in French! Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf!  

Charles

Charles is a junior at Papillon La Vista South and has lived in 6 different states. Charles's main area of interest is mathematics, and he would like major in aerospace engineering in Colorado. Outside of work, he enjoys composing music and playing video games. He also participates in his high school marching band, playing the trumpet. His favorite number is 13 because it has been lucky for him despite common superstitions.

Arok

Arok is a senior at Papillion La Vista South High School taking Calculus I. Her passion for mathematics started early during elementary school math and has grown since. At school, Arok is heavily involved in leadership and academics, participating in Student Council, HOSA, Show Choir, and the Health Academy. Her absolute favorite part of instructing is witnessing the "aha!" moment when a challenging concept suddenly clicks for a student.

Outside the center, she loves hanging out with friends, treating herself to an Oreo Blizzard from Dairy Queen, and more! Arok's favorite number is 7 because of how it's related to her birthday.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a senior at Papillion-La Vista South High School and and enjoys being an instructor at Mathnasium! She is taking AP calculus BC and she is in Education Academy where teaches 7th grade band at Liberty Middle school. She plans to study education in college to teach music and possibly math. Helping people at Mathnasium and Liberty has shown Brooklyn how much she enjoys seeing people grow not only their skills, but as a person. Math has always been something Brooklyn enjoyed and she hopes to spread that to other people. 

In her free time, you can usually find Brooklyn participating in marching band as drum major, knitting, journaling, writing poetry, playing flute or the piano, or reading classic novels. Her favorite number is 𝜋 because if you translated every number to a letter (a=1, b=2, c=3, etc), you would eventually spell out everything ever said in the past, present, or future and every truth we may never know about, which is cool to think about!

Gabe

Gabe learned a great deal of patience when helping six younger siblings (some with ADHD, dyslexia and dyscalculia) with math homework. After struggling through years of his own personal health problems, Gabe earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics at UNL, and is pursuing a master’s and eventually PhD in pure mathematics.

His goal is to spread the love of math he has experienced. Gabe is drawn to the way that math is objective and logical yet gives way to beautiful patterns and satisfying symmetries; how it offers a stable framework, a calming lens through which to view an often confusing world.

Gabe's favorite number is 6, the first of the perfect numbers and the most satisfying of the triangular numbers; hexagons also form the basis for honeycombs and snowflakes, two beautiful natural phenomena.