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Meet the Team at Mathnasium of Spokane Valley

Our staff is built to teach each student individually, to develop the skills they need to thrive in mathematics, and to foster a love of learning.

Our staff is built to teach each student individually, to develop the skills they need to thrive in mathematics, and to foster a love of learning.

Math Centers / Spokane Valley / Our Team
Jerry Post

Jerry Post

Owner
Jerry is the Owner of Mathnasium of Spokane South, Spokane North and Spokane Valley. Prior to opening the Mathnasium centers, Jerry worked as the Executive News Director for the KXLY Media Group. He has an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and a BA in Communications from the University of Michigan. Jerry has always had a love of math and numbers, and is excited to help children throughout the Spokane community truly understand math by teaching it in a way that makes sense to them. His wife also loves numbers - especially temperatures! Jerry is married to Kris Crocker, the Chief Meteorologist at KXLY 4 News. They have three children in high school and college, and love to explore the outdoors in the Inland Northwest.

Sara

Chief Operations Officer
Sara is a graduate of Gonzaga University 2022 and studied Criminology and Psychology. She hopes to be a Juvenile Psychologist and work with kids in the foster care system. In her free time she loves playing with her dog, reading, and exploring Spokane! Sara loves working with the students at Mathnasium everyday, watching them grow their mathematical talents as well as their personalities. Nothing beats watching a student have that 'aha' moment after understanding a concept.

Sammy

North Center Director
Sammy is a graduate of Mt. Spokane High School and completed her AA through the Running Start program at Spokane Community College. She's been in advanced math classes and clubs since elementary school, and helps out with Math Is Cool events around the area. Math has always been her strong subject, and she loves teaching others and helping them understand the problems and concepts they just don't get. When not at work, Sammy spends her time playing video games, going for walks, drawing, or listening to/making music. She plays for a slowpitch softball team in the summers with her family and friends, and spends many weekends dog-sitting for her many relatives! Her career goal is to become a pediatric nurse and continue serving young children.

Caty

Valley Center Director
Caty has her Master's degree in Public Health education from Benedictine University. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Sociology with a minor in Psychology from Illinois State University. As a kid she struggled with algebra the most. Math did not come easily to her, but in college she took a social statistics class where she learned she is great at stats. She looks forward to enhancing her algebra skills through the training provided at Mathnasium. Outside of work she enjoys dancing, practicing yoga, baking, hiking, and doing anything outdoors/active. Traveling is her favorite. She has been to forty of the fifty states and recently relocated to Washington from Illinois.

Jasmine

Assistant Operations Officer
Jasmine graduated from Gonzaga University with dual degrees in Sports Management and Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Management Information Systems. Jasmine loves math because there are many different ways to solve for the solution of a problem. She believes that math is important because it is a part of everything we do. She wants to help students understand math by teaching it in a way that they can resonate with and easily understand. Her hobbies include traveling, watching sports, and spending time with her friends and family.

Ashlea

Assistant Center Director
Ashlea graduated from Whitworth University Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Communication and is a certified grant writer. She is native to Spokane and graduated from University High School. As a kid, she did well with math but always struggled with test-taking. She is excited to help kids through their math pain points and encourage them through the process. Ashlea believes that life is learning and that patience leads to problem solving. When not at Mathnasium, Ashlea enjoys listening to audiobooks, hammocking, camping, laughing, and loving her kitty children.

Addie

Assistant Center Director
Addie is a sophomore at Eastern Washington University who is studying nursing with a minor in Chemistry. This has been her plan since she was 4 years old! She loves mathematics and providing confidence to those who need it, so her job here at Mathnasium is a perfect fit! Also, her sister works at Mathnasium of Spokane South! Addie comes from a large family and has moved all over the state, residing in almost every major city. She was an all-league volleyball player in high school, and still loves to play into college. She also loves motorcycles and will be getting her license soon!

Kenny

Lead Instructor
Kenny has a Bachelors in Mathematics from Gonzaga and a Masters in Mathematics from WSU. He plans on pursuing a teaching career and may go on to get a PHD in Pure Mathematics. Kenny dreams to work for the NSA! Kenny loves exploring math concepts with students and help everyone learn. In his free time, he loves watching sports!

Sophia

Lead Instructor
Sophia is a junior at Western Washington University where she's pursuing a degree in Supply Chain Management. The program includes courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, finance, and accounting so it's good thing she loves working with numbers! Sophie graduated cum laude from Lewis and Clark High School and was a member of the Mt. Spokane Ski Race team. Her hobbies include photography, traveling, video games and skiing.

Gus

Lead Instructor
Gus is a recent graduate of Whitworth University where he studied Secondary Education and Mathematics. He takes great pride in his education and it shows as he earned the Outstanding Mathematics Education during his time in school. In fact, Gus graduated Summa Cum Laude from Whitworth and earned the President's Cup for his 4.0 GPA! Gus has long been interested in teaching since high school and he is excited to combine that desire with his math skills here at Mathnasium. Gus already has a few years of experience under his belt teaching math and he is excited to continue! Outside of teaching, Gus is an avid fan of video games, music, and Lego's. Fun fact, he has been building a Lego collection for the past 10 years!

Ainsley

Marketing Specialist
Ainsley is a Gonzaga University graduate with an Applied Math major and Art minor. She also graduated from the Oaks in 2020 and was the math Spokane scholar from her class. Outside of work and school, she loves to hike, golf, draw, and play with her dog. She also loves to travel and has been to 5 different countries.

Jasmine

Instructor
Jasmine is a student Oregon State University majoring in biology on the pre-med track. She graduated from Ferris High School Summa Cum Laude and enjoys rock climbing, reading, and baking in her free time. She loves spending time with her family, friends, and husky. She also really enjoys working with kids and helping others get better at math.

Brooke

Instructor
Brooke was born in raised in Moses Lake, Washington. While in high school, she was a member of Mu Alpha Theta (commonly known as math honor society) and an avid member of her school's math team. Brooke earned her AA in Arts & Sciences at Big Bend Community College before transferring to Gonzaga University, where she is now studying Special Education. She says she loves teaching math because it provides the building blocks to explanations about day-to-day life problems (ex: money, percentages, rates). She says she also just loves the look on a student's face when something "clicks" and they understand a new topic!

Norah

Instructor
Norah is an undergraduate student at Gonzaga University studying nursing. Originally from Boston, she was drawn to Spokane by the outdoors and more relaxed lifestyle. Math wasn’t always the easiest for her, but she had teachers that helped her find joy in solving equations and now she loves math! Norah hopes to be someone who can change a student's perspective on math for the those at Mathnaisum!

Gwen

Instructor
Gwen is from Kahului Hawaii and travelled overseas to attend Gonzaga University where she is currently studying Biochemistry. Once she graduates, she looks forward to attending medical school where she will develop the skills needed for her future career. Outside of the math and science world, Gwen is an extremely talented musician. She can play four instruments including the saxophone, clarinet, ukulele, and piano. Gwen is super excited to be working at Mathnasium because she loves math and loves working with kids!

Allison

Instructor
Allison is a sophomore at Gonzaga University studying human physiology with hopes of becoming a physical therapist. She graduated from Medical Lake High School and earned the Spokane Scholar award for mathematics. Math has always been her favorite subject in school, and problem solving has always come naturally. Outside of school and Mathnasium, she loves to run, bike, swim, or do anything outdoors.

Claire

Instructor
Claire is a senior at Lewis and Clark High School. She plans to attend college next year to study Bioengineering or Physics. She took AP Calculus her junior year of high school and is currently taking AP Statistics. Since she was young , she always loved learning and saw math as the best language to understanding how the world works. Claire loves working with kids and helping them become the best mathematicians she can. Outside of math, Claire loves to read, play piano, draw, rock climb, and hike. She also enjoys collecting vinyl records, especially 70's and 80's rock albums!

Charlie

Instructor
Charlie is a sophomore at Gonzaga University studying Chemistry and Math. They graduated from Sumner High School after completing two years of full IB. Their subject of focus in the IB program was math, and they've always loved and excelled in it! When not at Mathnasium, Charlie is drumming for the Gonzaga jazz band, or cross stitching their favorite video game characters!

Jane

Instructor
Jane is a student at Gonzaga Prep and is a member of the Gonzaga Prep honor roll and National Honors Society. She is currently taking AP World History and College-in-the-Classroom Chemistry through the University of Washington. She has always loved expanding her knowledge around math, and is excited to be able to spread her love of math to kids. Outside of education, she loves tennis, skiing, and spending summers at the lake.

Brynn

Instructor
Brynn is a freshman at Whitworth University thinking about going into the math department. She graduated from Innovation High School School at 17 years old and was 1 of 4 valedictorians in her class. She took 4 of of the 7 offered international Baccalaureate diploma program classes in her junior and senior years. Brynn has enjoyed math throughout her life, and hopes to share that joy with students. Other than math, Brynn loves making and serving coffee, theatre, singing, dancing, playing board games, being with animals, camping, spending time with friends and family, and sitting on the couch with her pets to watch a show. Brynn also loves Minecraft and and lots of other games and activities.

George

Instructor
George is a junior at Gonzaga University majoring in economics and minoring in biology. He graduated from San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara where he loved learning about math and working with numbers. Outside of school, he likes to snowboard, surf, skateboard, bike, and hike. At Gonzaga, George is also involved in athletics, playing for the Club Rugby team.

Alexa

Instructor
Alexa is a freshman at Gonzaga University studying computer science. She graduated from Billings Central Catholic High School as salutatorian and has been counting everything her whole life, so math has always come easily to her. Alexa loves all animals and has a dog named Leo and a horse named Tink. In addition to her pets, Alexa loves adventuring, especially in nature. This adventurous spirit has contributed to her skiing on both water and snow from which she has many fun stories to tell.

Taliya

Instructor
Taliya is a senior at Whitworth University studying mathematics and theology. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, OR in 2021 as valedictorian and has been on Provost's Honor Roll every semester so far at Whitworth while being a student athlete. Growing up Taliya always loved puzzles and problem solving. She enjoyed the challenges math provided and the skills developed through learning to overcome adversities faced. Mathnasium has been a great place for her to continue to growing these skills and help teach them to kids as well. Outside of school and Mathnasium, Taliya loves anything outdoors. She likes to run, hike, ski, and play soccer. She also loves to find things to explore and has many fun stories of adventures on runs or hikes and some stories from soccer too.

Carter

Instructor
Carter is a senior at Gonzaga University studying Mathematics. After graduating, he plans on attending graduate school to pursue a PhD in applied mathematics. Carter has always been passionate about pushing himself in math and took several college math classes while in high school (Calc 1, 2, & 3) and has all A's in his math classes at Gonzaga. He shares that there were times when math felt hard to him, but with good instruction and dedication, it made sense and he excelled in it. This is something he hopes to share with students at Mathnasium. Outside of doing math, Carter enjoys spending his free time climbing, biking, baking, and writing music. Doing good math helps when trying to make good bread!

Nathan

Instructor
Nathan is a student at Caltech who plans to major in geophysics and later become a seismologist. He graduated summa cum laude from Ferris High School, with a GPA of over 4.4 and a transcript with over 12 AP classes. Nathan has always loved math, and loves getting to teach it as well. He is also a musician, and loves a good summer day on the lake!

Tanmay

Instructor
Tanmay goes to Ferris High School and is planning to become a medical scientist. Currently a rising senior, he has taken multiple AP/honors level classes, and is part of the leadership committee at Ferris. He loves science and has presented research in multiple science fairs, even at an international level. Math was always interesting for him and he has enjoyed doing math ever since he was a kid. His favorite thing to do is go outside. He loves nature a lot and loves experiencing it with his friends. Hikes always calm him down. He also loves to run, and is on the cross country team.

Courtney

Instructor
Courtney is a junior at Whitworth University studying math. Her goal to become a high school math teacher. She graduated from Mead High School and Spokane Falls Community College with her AA degree. Growing up, she always wanted to be an engineer, until recently when she realized she only loved engineering for the math aspect. Outside of school and Mathnasium, Courtney loves the outdoors. She likes to run half marathons, trail runs, mountaineering, hiking and camping. She also can play 3 instruments: banjo, guitar, and mandolin!

Chris

Instructor
Chris is a Junior at EWU, studying Physics. His plan is to transfer to WSU for a PhD in Theoretic Physics. Math has always come easy, but learning how to communicate topics in various ways was an expanding experience. Chris scored 100% on his Mathnasium Assessment Test, and has maintained a 4.0 GPA at EWU, as well as at Spokane Community College. Outside of work, Chris enjoys spending time with his 9-year-old daughter, Kinsey, playing video games, and unwinding in his garden.

Patrick

Instructor
Patrick is a Junior at Mead High School and is getting ready to go pre-med after graduation. He is taking three AP classes and is currently in Advanced Pre-Calc. When he was a kid his math skills were not the best, but then he became a student at Mathnasium, wand it boosted his confidence and his math skills! It's also the reason why he wanted to become a Mathnasium Instructor. He is certified for open water diving and rescue, and enjoys skiing in the winter season. He also loves to tell stories about the tricks he can do on the skis.

Marco

Instructor
Marco is a senior at Gonzaga University studying Mechanical Engineering and Physics. He graduated from the engineering academy at Oakland Technical High School, where he enjoyed his AP level math and physics classes. Math has always come easy to him since elementary school and it guided him to become a mechanical engineer. He loves playing the drums, weightlifting, and snowboarding. He has travelled much of Italy and can not wait to graduate and continue exploring the world!

Kalena

Instructor
Kalena is a senior at Gonzaga majoring in Civil Engineering and minoring in Business. She plans on heading off to Chicago to pursue Construction Management after graduating and eventually, get an MBA. Throughout high school, she took many AP classes including Calculus, Economics, and Environmental Science. Growing up, she always loved math and found it very fun to play around with numbers. Outside of work, you can find her going on long walks or reading. One fun fact about Kalena is that she was vegan for almost 4 years!

Ella

Instructor
Ella is a senior at Gonzaga University studying Special Education. She graduated from Washougal High School and Clark College with her AA degree through Running Start. Math has always been her favorite subject and she loves the problem solving aspect. Outside of work, she loves going to zag games, reading cheesy romance novels, and watching reality TV. She is also a Paraeducator substitute for the Spokane School System.

Our Mathnasium Mission

Teach children math so they understand it, master it, and love it. Math can change their lives, and they can change the world.

What I love about Mathnasium is the ability to teach problem-solving skills and make math make sense, while also making a student smile.
Amber W., Mathnasium Instructor

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