Meet Our Coaches
Kevin Lan
Math/AI Coach
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Ph.D. from UCLA. BS from Peking University. Over 10 years in high school math teaching and math competition coaching. Author of math competition book.
David Fontaine
English Coach​​​​
Over 25 years of teaching English for K-12, college, and ESL. Specialized in SAT/ACT/TOEFL test preparation and college counseling. Students admitted to MIT, Harvard, Princeton, and NYU Shanghai.​
Ryan Xu
Computer Science Coach
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MS from USC and BS from Fu Jen University. Former Google Cloud engineer. Former Oracle software developer. AI & platform development mentor and AI4MATH advisor.
Omid Motahed
Math Coach​​​​​
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BS from UC Irvine. Over 40 years of teaching math and software development. Founder of the Classic Math Facebook group.
Carol Jin
Private High School & College Counseling​​​​​​
MBA from China Europe International Business School. Over 20 years in US and China private high schools placement and college counseling.
Sophie Yuan
Chinese Coach
Children's book writer and education enterpreneur with over a decade of leadership in curriculum design, teacher training, and student enrichment programs.
Changnian Liang
Physics & Parents Education Coach
Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. BS and MS from Peking University. Former engineer at Intel and SMIC. Founded Suremii Learning Center and specialized in elementary student mind development and parenting
coaching.
Mian Wang
Psychology/Special Education Coach​​​
Professor and former Chair of Education Department of UC Santa Barbara. Specialized in special education policy, autism intervention, and teacher development. Published over 100 SSCI papers.
Kally Roberts
English Coach
Ed.S. & M. Ed from Liberty University. Assistant professor at Northwest Missouri State University and Capstone Chair at Liberty University. Former K-12 principal and curriculum leader.
Chunlai Yang
Physics Coach​​
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Ph.D. from Boston College. BS/MS from Peking University. Over 10 years teaching AP Physics, AP Calculus, and Physics Olympiad (F-ma and USAPhO). Many students earned top awards and entered universities such as Harvard and Stanford.
Jesus Mariscal
Science Coach​​​​​​
BS from UC Irvine. Science Olympiad gold medal coach. Teaching biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and reasoning.
Yi Zhou
Math Coach
Ph.D. from Tongji University. 8 years and over 3,000 hours of math competition teaching (AMC/AIME/HIMCM).