Private Tutoring

In addition to our after school program, Young Ivy Academy will offer private tutoring for the SAT English, Writing, and Math. The SAT program begins on 2/11 and a PDF of the curriculum and schedule can be found here.

Our teachers are:

Teachers’ Name School Major & Subjects
James Estrella U of Chicago, Stanford (PhD) English Literature
Peter Hall U of Columbia, UC Berkeley (PhD) English Language & Literature
Lauren Naturale UC Berkeley (PhD) English Language & Literature; 3 years of experience teaching composition in UC Berkeley English Department
Mary Kenefick UC Berkeley (PhD) History; Career writer, editor & historian; 12+ years of teaching in HS, college, and university settings
Laura Maxwell UC Berkeley English & Spanish
Jeff Blevins UC Berkeley (PhD) Received Joel Fineman Prize for Writing at Berkeley and the Ralph Waldo Rice Prize for best thesis.
Matthew Evans UC Berkeley (PhD) English & French
Daniel Cistofaro-Gardiner Harvard University, UC Berkeley (PhD) Math
Ellora Derenoncourt Harvard Law School A secondary degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Writing Tutor at the Harvard College Writing Center, tutoring AP Physics to, and editing academic papers for American Journal Experts.
Weiqi Hu Reed College Math
Jeffrey Feng (native English speaker) UC Davis Statistics SAT Math score: 800; SAT-II: 800
Albert Kim (native English speaker) UC Berkeley Pure-Math; SAT Math score: 800
Eileen Zhu U of Rochester (PhD) Physics
Ron Shinomoto (native English speaker) UC Berkeley (PhD) Chemistry
Steven Liu MIT (Masters) Engineering & Math (AMC & Olympiad)
Carolyn Chen (native English speaker) UC Berkeley Biology
Yuan Jiang (native English speaker) Harvard University Biology
Jim Chen Cornell University (Masters) MBA; Computer; CCNA; MCSE; CWNP
Haley Guilfoile SF Academy of Art University Arts

Should you have any questions regarding the programs, please email us at youngivyacademy@yahoo.com. Thank you!