Our Team

We LOVE teaching younger students!

We are a fun and motivated group of high school students from the Bay Area. We are all strong academically and have taken honors and AP classes in our specialty subjects as well as participated in relevant extracurriculars.

Check out more about us below!

Kanav Mittal

Co-founder, Problem Solving Tutor

Kanav is a senior at Saint Francis High School. His favorite subjects are math, biology, and computer science. In his free time, Kanav likes to play board games and take walks/hike with his family.
Kanav was a tutor at the Sunnyvale Public Library, helping elementary-schoolers with their homework, for over a year. He also taught virtual science classes for 4th/5th graders through the NorthSouth Foundation and taught younger students in his middle school math club.
Kanav has participated in math and science competitions from a young age. He has earned a perfect score on the AMC8 and Math Olympiad (MOEMS), qualified for the AIME 3 times, and won state-level math competitions such as Math League. He has been a leader of his middle school and high school math clubs, and he is a board member on his school's Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, and Quiz Bowl clubs.

Sohan Lele

Co-founder, Problem Solving Tutor

Sohan is a senior at Saint Francis High School. His favorite subjects are math, physics, and computer science. In his free time, Sohan likes to hang out with friends and play ultimate frisbee.
Sohan volunteered at his local elementary school for over three years helping 4th/5th graders with their day to day classwork.
Sohan has been involved in robotics since middle school and has reached state and national level competitions, breaking school records along the way. He has also been a member of the entrepreneurship and programming club.

Vineet Ranade

CS (Advanced) Tutor

Vineet is a senior at Saint Francis High School. His favorite subjects are math, chemistry, physics, and computer science. In his free time, Vineet likes to play with puzzles, play video games, spend time with friends, and work out.
Vineet volunteered at his local library for 2 years reading books to kindergarteners to 2nd graders. He helped them comprehend the basic plot and gradually learn complex words. Vineet has helped run basketball camps at his middle school and host grammar school swim meets in high school for younger students.
Vineet loves to participate in STEM-related activities. He has earned a 1st place regional and 5th place state award in the science fair and enjoys participating in math club and in hackathons.

Mallika Reddy

CS (Advanced) Tutor

Mallika is a senior at Saint Francis High School. Her favorite subjects are math, chemistry, and computer science. In her free time, Mallika likes to play tennis, play the ukelele, and walk her dog.
Mallika has tutored elementary students at Bubb Elementary along with middle schoolers at Graham Middle School for many years. She was a Junior Leader for the City of Mountain View summer classes for children. She has also helped teach younger kids how to play tennis for the past couple of years.
Mallika is a leader in her school's environmental club and loves to learn about environmental science. She is a member of Girls Who Code and has participated in numerous hackathons before.

Daksh Kalley

Math Tutor

Daksh is a senior at Saint Francis High School. His favorite subjects are Computer Science, Math, and Physics. In his free time, Daksh likes to relax with friends, work out, and play guitar.
Daksh has volunteered at his middle school for two years, teaching robotics and tutoring students in advanced CS topics.
Daksh started the 3D-Printing club at Saint Francis where he teaches material design and modeling. He is a member of Lancer Robotics and he holds leadership positions as a board member on his school’s Science and Engineering, Audio/Visual, and CSF clubs.

Samuel Chu

CS (Beginner) Tutor

Samuel is a senior at Saint Francis High School. His favorite subjects include physics, math, and computer science. In his free time, Samuel enjoys playing tennis, board games, and swimming.
Samuel has experience in tutoring students at Bubb Elementary School. Over the years, he has gained insight into the teaching world as his mom works as a teacher at Stratford Schools.
Samuel has a leadership role in his school in the Stock Market Club and enjoys participating in STEM related activities at SFHS like Math Club and Programming Club. He is also involved in campus activities like SFHacks and athletic competitions.

Margaret Peterson

CS (Beginner) Tutor

Maggie is a senior at Saint Francis High School. Her favorite subjects are physics and computer science. In her free time, she likes to run, feed cats, and play Minecraft with friends.
Maggie has been an algebra tutor at Stratford Middle School and taught the introductory robotics course at Saint Francis's Freshmen Experience last summer.
Maggie is the team captain and code lead of her school's FIRST Robotics Competition Team and an editor for the school newspaper. She has worked on projects with computer vision and autonomous navigation and has also taken computer science courses at Foothill College.

Serena Thompson

Spanish Tutor

Serena is a senior at Saint Francis High School. Her favorite subjects are Math, History, and Spanish. In her free time, Serena likes to do design projects, play bass, and bake cakes.
Serena has worked with middle schoolers and incoming freshman in order to teach the fundamentals of robotics.
Serena is the mechanical lead for Saint Francis High School's robotics team. She is knowledgeable about the design process and is trained on various power tools. Aside from robotics, she is part of Latino Student Union and has performed several traditional Mexican dances at Saint Francis.

Valentina Paredes

Spanish Tutor

Valentina is a senior at Saint Francis High School. Her favorite subjects are history, english, and spanish. In her free time, Valentina likes to compose music and read historical fiction novels.
Valentina was a drama teacher at the sacred heart enrichment program, serving the low income community of San Jose. She also was a bilingual tutor at the virtual Sacred Heart Summer Academy, tutoring in english, spanish, and math.
Valentina also worked as a history and math tutor with her school’s CSF peer tutor program and participated in quiz bowl. She has been involved in student government throughout middle school and high school and is the president of glee club. This year, she will be the vocal director of the student run musical.

Arya Pratap

Public Speaking Tutor

Arya is a senior at Saint Francis High School. Her favorite subjects are math, physics, and computer science. Arya is a performing artist and in her free time, loves to go on adventures with her family and friends, and bake.
Arya has tutored elementary to middle school students at Brain O’ Magic where she taught algebra and geometry. As a nationally and internationally ranked debater and dancer, she has been a speech and debate coach at Stratford Middle School and a Bharatanatyam dance instructor at Nritanjali Dance Academy for many years.
Arya has placed 2nd at the Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair and reached national level tournaments for robotics. She is an active member of Girls Who code, has attended several hackathons, and has been involved in computer science/engineering summer camps, solidifying her interest. In the future, she hopes to couple her avid passion for physics with computer science to tackle real world problems.

Anika Chinthakunta

1:1 Tutor

Anika is a senior at Archbishop Mitty High School. Her favorite subjects are math, english, and science. In her free time, Anika likes to spend time with friends, play basketball and partake in outdoor activities.
Anika volunteered at her local food bank for three years helping distribute food to those in need as well as participating in weekly homeless feeding. Anika is also one of the founders and organizers of the Hi5 Charity Organization which is an organization that helps provide kids in India with the chance to play organized basketball.
Anika is involved with many clubs at her school, such as the Newspaper and Future Business Leaders of America, as well as playing two varsity sports.

Justin Oliver

Content Developer

Justin is a senior at Saint Francis High School. His favorite subjects are math and physics. At school Justin plays football and is on the wrestling team.
Justin volunteered at his elementary school for over a year, helping third graders in the classroom.
Justin has always been interested in the STEM space and works on many projects at home. He also attended the ID Tech camp at Stanford for three years.

Connie Xu

1:1 Tutor

Connie is a senior at Saint Francis High School. Her favorite subjects are art and computer science. Connie plays video games, does crosswords, and draws in her free time.
Connie has volunteered at the Sunnyvale Public Library and tutored kids at Saint Francis in English, computer science and chemistry.
Connie competes in Science Olympiad and is a Girls Who Code ambassador. She has participated in hackathons and won first place in the advanced division. She attended COSMOS for game design, and she is currently doing research in machine learning.

Advisors

Mrs. Joanna Vollucci

Computer Science Teacher at Saint Francis High School

Himanshu Nautiyal

Founder of Biscolate
International Math Olympiad medalist

Past Tutors

Kelly Lu, Math

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