Providing quality tutoring in the Bay Area since 1990

Susan has inspired my daughter to ENJOY reading assigned literature (I can't believe it)
-- Parent at Gunn

Jenn will go straight to heaven for the help she has given my daughter!
-- Jean, Parent

John is the best tutor I have ever met.
-- Dana, Parent

You make hard math become super easy. You're the best tutor I've ever had.
-- Paly Student

I was a math major in college and Jenn is the most incredible math teacher I have ever met. She has a truly special skill at teaching in a way that engages yet challenges the child. She meets the child at their level and builds foundational knowledge. Our son started with her and math was a significant weakness for him. It is now his academic strength. I can not give a stronger, more grateful recommendation.
-- Philip (Dad)

Who We Are

We see high-quality tutoring as much more than helping students complete a homework set. We want to help improve student educational process, develop critical thinking skills, and encourage joy and curiosity in learning.

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John Gaskin

John has 30 years of experience teaching secondary and college level students in all levels of math … Read More

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Jenn Gaskin

Jenn has been tutoring since 1990 in math and English. Prior to tutoring, she taught math at San … Read More

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Susan Esswein

For over 25 years, Susan has taught and tutored students of all ages in Biology, English, History, … Read More

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Vienna Thomas

Vienna hails from a multicultural background, growing up in Singapore and Shanghai. She graduated … Read More

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John Wheeler

John has over thirty-five years of experience teaching writing, American History, and World history … Read More

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Andrew Tan

Andrew graduated from Stanford University in 2022 and will enter the JD program at the University of … Read More

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Nathan Koketsu

Nathan has worked in tutoring and instructing roles since graduating from UCLA. Having studied … Read More

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Jenna Schott

Jenna has a decade of experience as a one-on-one tutor for young writers from elementary school … Read More

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David Chabra

David has a B.S. from UCLA covering Math, Economics, and Statistics. He started tutoring during high … Read More

Subjects We Tutor

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Programming
  • English
  • French
  • History
  • Math
  • Math Remediation
  • Physics
  • Spanish
  • Statistics
  • Test Preparation

Our students have gone on to distinguished schools:

Current or recent schools where we tutor

Colleges

  • Bucknell
  • Cal Poly
  • De Anza Community College
  • Foothill Community College
  • Gonzaga
  • Grinnell College
  • Lewis and Clarke
  • Northwestern
  • Princeton University
  • Santa Clara University
  • Scripps College
  • Simmons College
  • UC Berkley
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • UC Santa Cruz
  • USC
  • University of Wisconsin

High Schools

  • Bellarmine
  • Bentley School
  • Bishop O'Dowd
  • Burlingame High
  • Carlmont
  • Castilleja
  • Crystal Springs Uplands
  • Gunn
  • Head-Royce
  • Keys School
  • King’s Academy
  • Lick-Wilmerding
  • Los Altos High School
  • Lowell
  • The Menlo School
  • Menlo-Atherton

More High Schools

  • Mid-Peninsula High
  • Monte Vista
  • Notre Dame
  • Oakland School of the Arts
  • Palo Alto High (Paly)
  • Pinewood
  • Sacred Heart
  • St. Francis
  • San Mateo
  • Sequoia
  • Serra
  • Summit Prep
  • University High School
  • The Urban School
  • Westmont
  • Woodside
  • Woodside Priory

Middle Schools

  • Armstrong
  • Bowman
  • Central
  • Crocker
  • Egan Junior High
  • Giannini
  • Girls Middle School
  • Hillview
  • Jane Lathrop Stanford (JLS)
  • Jordan
  • La Entrada
  • The Menlo School
  • Terman
  • Town School