Our Team at Mathnasium of Pasadena

Phoebe Lanterman

School Attended: New York University / Major: Anthropology, with minors in social work and child psychology / What I love about Mathnasium: It's unique because it's not one-size-fits-all education. We ensure that every student's individual academic needs are met so they can succeed in school and beyond. / With Mathnasium since: 2018-2020, at Pasadena since February 2024 / Hobbies and Interests: Going to theme parks, trying new restaurants, reading, travelling / Interesting fact about me: I have a one eyed husky named Penny

Vivien Wu

School Attended: California State University Long Beach / Major: Applied Statistics / Hobbies and Interests: Baking bread, cooking, & Tetris 99/ What I love about Mathnasium: I love the open and friendly learning environment. / With Mathnasium Since: February 2023/ Interesting Facts: I have a blackboard at home (for practicing fun math problems) and I also built my own pc!

Darron Cunanan

School Attended: Cal State University, Los Angeles / Major: Sociology (M.A.) / Hobbies and Interests: Cooking, Fencing, Magic the Gathering, and Playing Music / What I love about Mathnasium: I like how Mathnasium helps achieve “ah-hah” moments, but also alleviates students’ math anxiety in the long term. / With Mathnasium Since: April 2017 / Interesting Facts: I look to teach Sociology at the Community College level in the future. At the moment, I work as a research assistant for a couple of projects at CSULA.

Rochelle Hizon

School Attended: California State University - Los Angeles / Major: Biology (B.S) / Hobbies and Interests: Drawing and reading / What I love about Mathnasium: I love that I could use what I know about Math to teach kids and to help them gain confidence when facing the concepts. / With Mathnasium Since: July 2020 / Interesting Facts: I love going to theme parks, specifically ones that have a lot of thrill rides like roller coasters.

Douglas Loo

School Attended: San Diego State University, Azusa Pacific University / Major: Business Finance / Hobbies & Interests: Basketball, Carpentry, Motorcycles, Mountain Biking, and Wrestling / What do you love about Mathnasium?: I like the atmosphere. It's very positive and kids feel safe to participate. The staff and students have been a pleasure to work with. / With Mathnasium Since: October 2022 / Interesting Facts: Coached a National Champion Cadet Girl Wrestler. She won Nationals in Oklahoma City. I was born in Amityville, New York, same at the movie.

Matthew Boecherer

School Attending: Pasadena City College / Major: Psychology (Intended) / Hobbies & Interest: Playing video games & Magic the Gathering / What do you love about Mathnasium: Teaching the youth is super cool and math is the most fun way to do it. Mathnasium has single handedly saved my math education from my school system. / With Mathnasium Since: January 2023 / Interesting Facts: I have visited four countries. I am afraid of the dark. I played soccer but over 7 years.

Elizabeth Juarez

School Attended: Cal Poly Pamona / Major: Electrical Engineering / What I love about Mathnasium: I love that everyone works together to help each child learn and grow / With Mathnasium since: January 2024 / Hobbies and Interests: Reading, nature walks, watching movies / Interesting fact about me: I have ridden a float in the rose parade

Tiffany Xu

School Attended: Azusa Pacific University / Major: Liberal Studies / What I love about Mathnasium: Being able to know the many students and see their math skill progress / With Mathnasium since: January 2024 / Hobbies and interests: Baking, puzzles, and drawing

Sophia Bussey

School Attended: Wellesley College Major: Computer Science What I love about Mathnasium: I love the commitment to promoting a positive mindset towards math With Mathnasium Since: August 2024 Hobbies and Interests: Rock Climbing, crocheting, plants Interesting Fact about me: I have 35 houseplants

Fayre-Ella Ooi

School Attending: Cal Poly Pomona / Major: Math & Stats / What I love about Mathnasium: I love working with the kids at Mathnasium and watching their abilities grow and improve. The kids are also really funny and tell me good stories/ With Mathnasium since: January 2024 / Hobbies and Interests: dance, embroidery, and flower arrangements / Interesting fact about me: I have a twin sister

Christian Billings

School Attended: University of La Verne / Major: Physics (B.S.) / Hobbies and Interests: Baseball, Football, Science, sports, basketball / What I love about Mathnasium: I extremely love the friendly and welcoming environment. It is a beautiful feeling to be around like-minded individuals. / With Mathnasium Since: January 2022 / Interesting Facts: I am ambidextrous. I am a current graduate student in physics in a unique out of state program.

Gabe Ramos

School Attended: Cal State Fullerton / Major: Computer Science / What I love about Mathnasium: I've always found myself tutoring my classmates my whole education. Granting my friends understanding on difficult topics always felt validating. Being able to do that professionally is bliss. / With Mathnasium since: September 2024 / Hobbies and interests: programming and playing volleyball / Interesting fact about me: I really dislike eggplant and okra

Chloe Kim

Chloe graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics and completed a minor in Computer Science. She previously served as Assistant Center Director at Mathnasium of South Pasadena from 2023-2024. As District Support Specialist, she works with all our Mathnasium centers to ensure smooth operations and deliver quality service to students and families.

Alejandra Cermeno

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.

Max Nuckols

Hi! I’m Max. I’ve been with Mathnasium since 2019 when I started as an instructor as a high school senior. When I graduated, I went to NYU for two years to study biochemistry, but later decided to come home and change my major to Business Administration. I’m currently working full time at Mathnasium while attending classes part time at Cal Poly Pomona to finish my degree. I love what we do here because the idea of making math fun for kids is such a unique philosophy, and it’s something I resonate with a lot because I love to learn. In my own time, I’m a huge nerd for science, history, sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes, and more, and once you get me started, I could talk for hours about these things. I also enjoy outdoor activities, and even built a skimboard out of plywood a couple years ago so I could learn to ride it at the beach. If you see me in the center at any point, don’t be afraid to say hi!

Andrew Molina

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 managing 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 to build his students’ confidence so they can succeed at any goal they set for themselves.