Meet Our Tutors

Alex Denley

Alex Denley is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Illinois Chicago. They previously graduated summa cum laude from Clark University with a B.A. in Philosophy and…

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Amanda Fink

Amanda holds degrees with honors in both English and theater and performance studies from the University of Chicago. Since graduating, she has been tutoring all subjects, grades 7 through 12, with…

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Amanda Sorice

Amanda graduated with high honors from DePaul University in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in secondary history education. While at DePaul, she was involved with everything from giving campus tours…

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Andrew Cutler

Andrew graduated with honors from the University of Chicago in 2012 with a BA in both English Language & Literature and Theatre & Performance Studies. For the past several years,…

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Ben Cook

Ben earned his BA cum laude in sociology with a minor in French from Northeastern Illinois University in 2013 and completed an MS in infectious disease and immunology research at…

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Brigitte Baker

Brigitte graduated from Augustana College in 2007 and went on to join Teach For America in Denver, CO. After two years teaching middle school English, she moved back to Chicago…

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Christopher Doyle

Chris is a graduate student at University of Chicago studying public policy. Previously, he graduated Magna Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa from University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA, with undergraduate…

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Dia Bennett

Dia holds a BA in African Studies from Howard University, a MA in African American Studies from Georgia State University, and a MA in Teaching Middle School English/Language Arts from…

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Erin Bosack Garcia, Program Director & Tutor

As the program manager at Educational Endeavors, Erin writes curriculum for all EE workshops, trains tutors and instructors, and cultivates strong relationships with EE’s partner organizations, schools, and families. Prior…

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Erin Nakayama

Erin earned her B.S. in economics from Duke University. During that time she also lived abroad in Paris, studying for a semester at the Sorbonne. After graduation, Erin worked as…

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Guy Lohoua

Guy graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in applied math, electrical engineering, and physics. In college, he tutored at a local high…

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James Karsten

James earned a bachelor’s degree in politics from Bates College and a master’s in public theology & ethics from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has a background working as an academic…

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