Our Staff

tutor and student Tim Gasser, the owner of One To One Tutoring Service, has been an educator since 1974 as a classroom teacher, tutor, and owner / director of tutoring services. He was a full-time classroom teacher for 10 years in California. He has been doing private tutoring since 1980. He has been the owner / director of the One To One Tutoring Service since 1999.

He has a B.A. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. in environmental studies from San Jose State University. He took courses in teacher education from California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, California, and has had a clear California single-subject teaching credential in math and chemistry for many years. He first began tutoring with the One To One Tutoring Service in 1982, and worked as a tutor for 17 years before becoming the director of the service. He has been in charge of all aspects of administering the One To One Tutoring Service for the past 10 years.

Name	Subjects	Qualifications	Experience	Areas Served	Availability
Tim Gasser, Director	Chemistry, Math, Test Prep	Math / Chemistry Clear Credential	Director, One To One Tutoring Service 10 Years, Teacher 10 Years, Tutor 25 Years	San Mateo to Palo Alto	9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Weekdays
Cynthia Beeman	College Prep Counseling, English, ESL, ACT, Org. Skills, 6 – Adult	B.A. in Art / Theater	Tutor 9 Years	San Mateo to Mountain View	Check with Director
Jeanysse Bernstein	ESL, Language Arts (Primary), Hebrew, Romanian	B.S., EE Polytechnic Institute Romania	Language Aide Palo Alto School District, Teacher and Tutor 30 Years	Menlo Park to Mountain View	3 p.m. – 6 p.m. weekdays
Vincent Chiurazzi	Language Arts, General Subjects, 1 – 9	Single Subject Credential	Tutor Five Years, Teacher’s Aide San Mateo School District	Burlingame to Redwood City	Weekday mornings to 2 PM
Belinda Cheng	Math – Basic to Pre-Calculus	B.S. in Cognitive Science, MIT	Tutor Six Years	San Mateo to Mountain View	Check with Director
Alan Cumings	English, College Essays, SAT Prep – Reading, Writing	Ph.D. in English	College Teacher 11 Years, Tutor 13 Years	Marin County	Check with Director
Joan Danilovich	Elementary, General Subjects	Life Credential – K – 8	Teacher 12 Years, Tutor Six Years	San Mateo	Weekdays
Julie Freeman	English Grades 5 – Adult	Life Credential	Teacher and Tutor 30-Plus Years	Menlo Park to Mountain View	Weekdays
Brian Hutton	Math, English Grades 5 – 9	B.A. in Communications	Teacher Three Years, Tutor Five Years	San Mateo to Palo Alto	Check with Director
Nancy Johnson	Spanish, English, Elementary Basic Subjects	Single Subject Credential	Teacher 14 Years, Tutor 5 Years	South San Francisco to San Mateo	Check with Director
Rama Kanwar	Biology	M.S. in Ed Science	Teacher 10 Years, Tutor Six Years	Burlingame to Belmont	Check with Director
Anne Knight	English Grades 6 to College, College Essays, SAT Prep Reading and Writing	M.A. in English Literature – Harvard	College Teacher 10 Years, Tutor 16 Years	Palo Alto	Check with Director
Gerald Leib	English Grades 9 – Adult, Bar Exam Prep	BA in English – UC Berkeley, JD in Law	Tutor Nine Years	Menlo Park to Mountain View	Check with Director
Don Long	English, Social Studies Grades 4 – 12, SAT Prep Reading, Writing	Life Credential, BA Stanford	Teacher 11 Years, Tutor Three Years	Palo Alto to Santa Clara	Check with Director
Barbara Marselle	Elementary General Subjects	Multiple Subject Credential	Substitute Teacher 8 Years, Tutor 9 Years	San Jose	Check with Director
Makhoba Morojele	Educational Consultant, Biology, Social Studies, Math (to Geometry)	Single Subject, Multiple Subject Credential	Teacher Six Years, Tutor 20-Plus Years	San Mateo to Palo Alto	Check with Director
Amara Okoli	Biology, Chemistry, Math (to Algebra II), English, SAT Prep, College Essays	B.A. Human Biology Stanford	Tutor Two Years	San Mateo to Palo Alto	Check with Director
Russell Perkins	English, Social Studies	B.A. in English, M.A. in Theology	Teacher 30-Plus Years, Tutor Five Years	Burlingame to San Carlos	Check with Director
Raji Raman	Math (Basic to Calculus), ESL, Physics	B.S. in Math	Tutor 11 Years	Sunnyvale to Palo Alto	Check with Director
Roslyn Raney	French, German, Spanish	Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics, B.A. in German / French	College Teacher 30-Plus Years, Tutor 30-Plus Years	Burlingame to San Jose	Check with Director
Andrea Rothenberg	Reading, Language – Arts K – 6	Reading Clear Specialist Credential	Teacher Six Years, Tutor 17 Years	Palo Alto	Check with Director
Toshio Sakai	Japanese for Business	Native Speaker, B.A., M.A.	Teacher 15-Plus Years, Tutor 10-Plus Years	Sunnyvale to Monterey	Check with Director
Amit Sengupta	Physics, Math, Computer Science, Biology	M.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in Physics	College Teacher Six Years, Tutor Seven Years	Burlingame to Palo Alto	Check with Director
Laurie Shidler	Math – Basic to Algebra II, Test Prep, Elementary General Subjects	Math Preliminary Credential	Teacher 10 Years, Tutor Eight Years	San Mateo to Palo Alto	Check with Director
Kelly Solis-Navarro	Spanish	Native Speaker, B.A.	Teacher and Tutor 30-Plus Years	San Carlos to Los Altos	Check with Director
Jon Stephens	Math – Middle School to Calculus	Math Clear Credential	Teacher Two Years, Tutor 20-Plus Years	Palo Alto to Los Altos	Check with Director
Richard Stewart	Math, Statistics, Business Administration, Economics	M.S. in Statistics, M.B.A., B.S. in Math	College Teacher 20-Plus Years, Tutor 13 Years	Pacifica to Sunnyvale	Check with Director
Ripa Ajmera	English, Math (to geometry), Spanish, History	BS New York University	8 years tutoring	East Bay, Peninsula	Check with Director
Halle Hewitt	Reading Specialist, Language arts (all grades), All subjects (elementary)	Reading Credential, Life Elementary Credential	30+ years teacher and tutor	Redwood City to Palo Alto	Weekdays 3-7 PM

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