About Us

Andy Jiang

President of Curriculum Development

Biography

Andy graduated from Westwood High School, and a sophomore at MIT. For longer than he can remember, he has been passionate about math and coding and is currently a 5x AIME qualifier, USAJMO qualifier, 2x USAMO qualifier, USACO Platinum division participant, and the president of his school’s Mu Alpha Theta honor society. He has spent his past three summers attending Texas State University’s Honors Summer Math Camp, where he has conducted research on knot theory and secure data compression. He hopes that his time at Kid Teach Kid allows him to share his passion in math and coding with others. In his free time, Andy enjoys playing tennis, playing ultimate, watching comedy sketches, and driving around the city.

Tina Li

Vice President of Public Relations & Outreach

Biography

Tina Li is a senior at Clements High School. She is a 5 time AIME qualifier and a 3 time USAJMO qualifier. She enjoys studying mathematics in her own time, and she’s excited to teach again for Kid Teach Kid again this summer. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her friends or watching movies!

Vishal Surya

Vice President of Operations

Biography

Vishal Surya is a senior from Seven Lakes High School. He qualified for the 2023 USABO National Finals and the 2022 USABO Top 50 through his passion for biology. He has competed in Science Olympiad for the past 4 years in which he is a 6x National medalist and won Anatomy and Physiology at the MIT Invitational. At Kid Teach Kid he hopes to share his love for biology with others. Besides academics, he enjoys competing with his school’s Lincoln Douglas debate team, riding his bike, playing basketball, and hanging out with his friends.

Yiming Zhu

Vice President of Education

Biography

Yiming is a junior in the 2023-2024 school year at Seven Lakes High School. She is a forensics enthusiast who has won numerous medals in Science Olympiad including placing 5th nationally in crime busters. Other than forensics, she also likes to learn about biology and chemistry. In her free time she likes to watch cooking shows and play oboe/alto saxophone..

Ayran Bora

Elite Instructor

Biography

Aryan is a senior at Clements High School. He is passionate about mathematics and the sciences, and is excited to be coaching for Kid Teach Kid this year. He is a USAJMO Winner, 3x AIME Qualifier, 2x USABO Semifinalist, and USACO Gold participant who enjoys competing with his school's Science Olympiad and Science Bowl teams. In his free time, Aryan enjoys watching movies, playing tennis with friends, and hiking outdoors.

Aidan Zhu

Elite Instructor

Biography

Aidan graduated from Dulles High School, and is a freshman at NYU. He is the Public Forum Debate captain for the Dulles Debate team and has qualified for both the Texas State Tournament and the NSDA National tournament two years in a row. In his free time, Aidan enjoys swimming and watching anime.

Arnan Bawa

Elite Instructor

Biography

Arnan is a senior at Clements High School. He is an AIME Qualifier and a participant in the Gold division of USACO. He is very passionate about math and computer science and enjoys participating in competitions. In his free time, Arnan likes to play tennis and solve Rubik's cubes.

Yitian Zhu

Outreach Specialist, Elite Instructor 

Biography

Yitian graduated from Seven Lakes High School and is a sophomore at MIT.  She is a passionate chemistry enthusiast. She is a captain of her school's Science Olympiad team and has participated in the US National Chemistry Olympiad study camp. In her free time she loves to run long-distance and sing along to the Hamilton soundtrack.

Adhithi Venkatraghavan

Elite Instructor 

Biography

Adhithi graduated from Seven Lakes High School, who has a keen interest in helping students apply their knowledge in the real world. She has worked with many students in the past, and believes that it is important for students to understand the interconnection between different disciplines. In her free time, she enjoys painting and listening to classical music.

Shoumik Roychowdhury

Elite Instructor 

Biography

Shoumik graduated from Westwood High School in Austin, Texas. He is a multiple time AIME qualifier, 4X Austin Regional Science Fair Top 3 (Computer Science, and Physics), 4X TSEF qualifier, 2X TSEF Top 3, Member of The Health Physics Society, and President of both the Westwood HS AI/ML club, and Computer Science Club. In addition Shoumik is a published author with publications and presentations at IEEE IJCNN and European Union HBP. Shoumik’s research interests include Generative AI, optimization, and signal processing. He hopes his time at Kid Teach Kid will foster other kids’ interest in AI and ML. In his free time, Shoumik enjoys playing soccer, watching movies, and tackling massive competitive eating challenges!

Ethan Liu

Elite Instructor 

Biography

Ethan graduated from Westwood High School, and is a freshman at MIT. He is a 2021 MOP qualifier, and has scored perfect scores on both AMC 10 and AMC 12. He enjoys math the most, and often thinks about the intuition and motivations behind a solution. In his free time, he tends to play video games(particularly Touhou/Pokemon) and watch anime.

Rushil Shah

Elite Instructor 

Biography

Rushil graduated from Dulles High School, and is a freshman at MIT. Ever since he picked up physics in 9th grade, he has enjoyed learning and participating in physics competitions. He is a USAPhO qualifier, IPhO Alternate, and is part of their Science Bowl team that made it to nationals. Additionally, he enjoys studying math and computer science in his free time, and also enjoys playing tennis and talking to friends.

Akanksha Acharya

Elite Instructor 

Biography

Akanksha is a junior at Seven Lakes High School. She participates in Science Olympiad, where she has totaled 5 national medals, including first place in Anatomy and Physiology. In her free time, she enjoys skateboarding and baking.

Daniel Wei

Elite Instructor 

Biography

Daniel graduated from Seven Lakes High School, and a sophomore at Cornell University. His focuses mainly lie in the field of computer science, where he’s an USACO Gold competitor, and a nationally ranked Science Olympiad competitor. He also works on various tech-related initiatives, including TeenHacksHTX, a high school hackathon, and Modulus, an educational platform. In his free time, Daniel plays the viola and composes music.

Rowechen Zhong

Elite Instructor

Biography

Rowechen Zhong graduated from Westwood High School, and a sophomore at MIT. He is a USA Physics Team qualifier and multiple-time USAPhO qualifier. He is also a MOP qualifier, an avid mathematics and computer science competitor. When he has the chance, he loves to play a game of tetris.

Dhivya Venkatraghavan

Elite Instructor

Biography

Dhivya is a senior at Seven Lakes High School. She has a passion for language and math and has been tutoring for many years. She enjoys helping students develop their analytical and logical thinking skills whether it be in math or english. In her free time she likes to play tennis and listen to music.

Jaime Choy

Elite Instructor

Biography

Jaime is a senior at Arcadia High School. She has always liked math and had been a part of math competitions such as Math Olympiad. She appreciates how her parents had encouraged her to start early in math. Since middle school, she has tutored her peers as part of her school's Peer Tutoring program. Jaime has tutored many students ranging from elementary to high school. As an aspiring teacher, Jaime wishes to share her knowledge to kids not only in school but from around the world. Jaime loves swimming, dancing, and playing video games in her free time.

Tanya Wu

Elite Instructor

Biography

Tanya is a sophomore at DuPont Manual High School. She participates in her school's quick recall and science olympiad teams. She enjoys hanging out with friends, playing badminton, and learning new things. She is very excited to teach a course in this year's camp!

Bill Sun

Elite Instructor

Biography

Bill Sun is a sophomore attending Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas. He is a USABO National Finalist, AIME qualifier, and 2-time AllState Symphony member. He is passionate about biology, especially in multidisciplinary studies utilizing many fields of science.

Katherine Liu

Elite Instructor

Biography

Katherine is a sophomore at Clements High School. She loves participating in math competitions, and is a USAJMO qualifier and Math Prize for Girls Olympiad medalist. Outside of making new friends in the world of math, she also likes teaching, swimming, art, and writing.

Daniel Zhu

Elite Instructor

Biography

Daniel is a rising 9th grader at the Harker School. Like too many of his colleagues, he is also a math and programming enthusiast; he is currently in USACO Gold and has qualified for AIME twice. In addition to the competition landscape, he has also self-studied (or at least, attempted to) topics such as game dev, web dev, and AI. Aside from STEM, however, he also enjoys basketball and the occasional assemblage of a Gundam.

Alexander Jun

Elite Instructor

Biography

Alexander is a rising senior at Clements High School. He's studied contest math for several years now and is a 4x AIME qualifier and a USAJMO HM. Aside from math, Alex has studied physics and computer science and He's also competed in Science Bowl for several years and has tutored several times. In his free time, Alex plays video games and spends time with his cat.

Harvey Zhu

Elite Instructor

Biography

Harvey is a rising senior at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory. He has been debating for 7 years, championed a few tournaments, and has qualified for State twice. Additionally, he enjoys painting, playing chess, browsing Spotify, and watching anime.

Brenda Mao

Rising Star Mentor

Biography

Brenda is a freshman at Troy High School in Troy, Michigan with a great interest in science and literature. She has taken part in both various math competitions and Science Olympiad. Brenda is also an avid pianist; she has performed at Carnegie Hall and recently won first place in the preliminary round of the Conero International Piano Competition. Besides competing, Brenda is a tutor on schoolhouse.world, and likes working with others. In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing the piano and violin, listening to musical soundtracks, and spending time with friends.

Amanda Guo

Rising Star Mentor

Biography

Amanda Guo is a senior at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montreal, Quebec. She is passionate about science, Latin and French and is part of her school's fencing team. In her free time she likes to read, to paint and to listen to music.

Caden Wang

Rising Star Mentor

Biography

Caden Wang is a student at Beckendorff Junior High in Katy, Texas. He is currently in the Math and Science Team (MST) and is a new member of Beckendorff Junior High's Science Olympiad Team. He really loves learning about animals and is looking forward to meeting all the people who turn up for his classes.