EdBoost Staff

Tutors
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Ariana Gonzales

Ariana is currently a 3rd year Psychology major at UCLA (c/o 2020). She was born and raised in Carson, California. In the future, she plan sto do research in behavioral psychology. Her hobbies include film photography and hiking.

Math (K-8th)
Science (K-8th)

Learning Center, Homework & School Project Assistance (HASPA), Test Prep, Tutoring

Theo Lopez

Theo is studying History/Political Science at Loyola Marymount, and is part of the class of 2018. He has hopes of one day working in international relations and public policy. Theo’s hobbies include playing tennis and the bass guitar. Theo specializes in teaching English and history for elementary, middle, and high school students.

English
History

Learning Center, Homework & School Project Assistance (HASPA), Tutoring
Senior Staff
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Sunny Tamrakar

Academic Services Coordinator

Sunny is the Academic Services Coordinator at EdBoost, focusing on building curriculum, monitoring student progress, supervising tutors, and coordinating the homework assistance program. Sunny graduated from UCLA, with a BA in Chinese History, in 2009 and has been a tutor at EdBoost since 2006.

Math
English
Chemistry
History
Test Prep

V-SOURCE, Learning Center, Homework & School Project Assistance (HASPA), Summer Enrichment, Tutoring

Tiffani Chin, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Tiffani is the Executive Director and co-founder of EdBoost. She has been tutoring and doing test preparation since 1990 and is the author of two books, School Sense (a how-to manual for parents) and Tutoring Matters (a how-to manual for tutors).

SAT and ISEE Prep, Writing, History, Literature, Private High School/College Advising

V-SOURCE, Learning Center
Board Members
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Tiffani Chin, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Tiffani is the Executive Director and co-founder of EdBoost. She has been tutoring and doing test preparation since 1990 and is the author of two books, School Sense (a how-to manual for parents) and Tutoring Matters (a how-to manual for tutors).

SAT and ISEE Prep, Writing, History, Literature, Private High School/College Advising

V-SOURCE, Learning Center

Claudine Phillips

President

Claudine earned her B.A. in environmental studies from UC Santa Barbara and her M.A. in Education Administration from Cal State Northridge. Claudine currently teaches third grade at Roscomare Elementary school. Previously, Claudine was a Instructional Coach of Elementary Literacy in Los Angeles Unified School District and she taught 5th grade, 4th grade, and kindergarten at Castle Heights Elementary.

Alisa Anderson

Treasurer

Alisa earned her B.A. in business economics from UCLA. She then worked as an auditor for Deloite and Touche for two years. Before reducing her hours to care for her young sons, Alisa was the Director of Financial Services at Puretek Corporation in San Fernando.

Daniel Culbert

Daniel Culbert earned his B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering, Tau Beta Pi, and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. He has over 10 years experience as an architect, manager, and entrepreneur in leading-edge technologies and markets, working in the areas of consumer electronics, operating systems, multimedia hardware and software, internet search design, and audio recognition. He helped the Shazam, a UK company, launch their mobile audio recognition service in the UK. He founded everSearch (CTO, board member), an internet search/infrastructure company.

Cynthia Feliciano

Cynthia Feliciano earned her B.A. in political science and sociology, magna cum laude, from Boston University and her Ph.D. in sociology from UCLA. Cynthia is currently an assistant professor of sociology at UC Irvine. Cynthia's research has been supported by a number of prestigious grants including dissertation fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, and UCLA's Graduate Division and a UC President's Postdoctoral fellowship.

Bianca Haywood

Bianca Haywood is a 12th grader at Hamilton High School and an EdBoost student. Bianca's favorite subject is science. When she grows up she would like to go to UCLA or USC and be a track star like her role model, Gail Devers. Because many of her friends ask her for advice, she also thinks that she might like to be a psychologist. Bianca has won a number of awards, including "Student of the Month" and "Student of the Week" certificates at Castle Heights Elementary School and awards for running, softball, basketball, best comedian, and most stylish.