Math CEO Team
Our team is composed of professors, graduate and undergraduate students at UC Irvine, along with middle school teachers from the Santa Ana Unified School District. Together, we strive to offer an enriching and stimulating mathematical learning experience for the very special children in the UCI Math CEO program.
Alessandra Pantano is the Director of the UC Irvine Math Circle. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Princeton University in 2004, and is currently a Lecturer SOE in the UC Irvine Department of Mathematics. ✉  apantano@uci.edu |
Li-Sheng Tseng is an Asscciate Professor in Mathematics at UC Irvine and does research in geometry/topology and physics. ✉  lstseng@uci.edu |
Aghavni Simonyan is a Coordinator for Math CEO. She obtained her PhD in Mathematics at UC Irvine in 2017. Her research interests lie in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Biology. Aghavni has a lifelong passion for mathematics, and she inspires her students to love math and helps them reach their full potential. ✉  asimonya@uci.edu |
Andres Forero is a Academic Coordinator of Math CEO. He is a passionate and creative teacher and loves to use different resources to guide students to learning. His hometown is Bogota, Colombia. He obtained his PhD in UC Irvine in 2015. His research area is Inner Model Theory, a branch of Set Theory in which models of set are built in a very specific way. ✉  aforeroc@uci.edu |
Jasmina Matasovic is the Coordinator of the UCI STEMath Club at Carr Intermediate School in Santa Ana. She teaches Math at Carr and holds graduate degree from UCLA and Teaching Credential from UCI. ✉  Jasmina.Matasovic@sausd.us |
German Encisco is an Associate professor in the UCI Mathematics Department. He is originally from Colombia and a native Spanish speaker. He is interested in mathematical biology research. ✉  enciso@uci.edu |
Randie Levine-Williams is a retired math teacher. She received her BA in Mathematics from UCLA and her MA in Education from University of Redlands. She also spent twelve years in computer sales and marketing. Her goal as a teacher has always been to create a fun, cooperative-learning environment utilizing hands-on activities. ✉  paulandrandie@mac.com |
Lucy Dolmadjian is a Math CEO Teaching Assistant and a third year undergraduate math and statistics student. She enjoys reading in her free time and hopes to pursue a career in biostatistics in the future. ✉  Idolmadj@uci.edu |
Elena Mejia is a Math CEO Outreach Assistant and a third year undergraduate student studying Earth System Science. ✉  ecmejia@uci.edu |
Monica Gonzalez is a Math CEO Outreach Assistant and a second year undergraduate double major in Psychology & Social Behavior and Criminology Law & Society. She is eager to help others pursue a higher education when coming from a disadvantaged background. ✉  monicagg@uci.edu |
Amy Cabrera is a learning assistant and a fourth year math student getting her Secondary Teaching Credential with the Calteach program. She has tutored math and reading for 5 years at Kumon and has been with Math CEO for two years! Besides working with kids, she loves to write songs and swing dance for fun. ✉  agcabrer@uci.edu |
Sergio Espejo is the Webmaster of Math CEO and a fourth year undergraduate math student at UCI. He is interested in photography and traveling to new places whenever time permits. ✉  sespejog@uci.edu |
Namirah Said is a learning assistant and studies education sciences and enjoys fashion modeling and singing. ✉  namirahs@uci.edu |
Japser Liang is an outreach assistant. ✉  junwenl3@uci.edu |
Fely Magaoay is a senior and an Electrical Engineering major. Fely is very passionate about math, science, and engineering, especially exposing young kids about college, and inspiring them to go to college and pursue a career in STEM. In her free time, she loves reading books, cleaning and organizing, and watching documentaries." ✉  fmagaoay@uci.edu |
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MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS
Kevin Gerow, Marco Forster Middle School
Maria Gomez-Greenberg, Lathrop Intermediate
Fernando Gutierrez, Lathrop Intermediate
Ruth Karr, Villa Intermediate
Nikolina Petrova, Villa Intermediate
David Rhodes, Lathrop Intermediate
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OTHER COLLABORATORS
Roman Cardona, UC Irvine Financial Aid
Penelope Collins, UCI School of Education
Tanaz Gibbs, UC Irvine LARC
Catlin Moore, UCI Beall Center
Viviana Ramos, UC Irvine Upward Bound
Sandra Simpkins, UCI School of Education
Tracie Welser, UC Irvine LARC
Mark Yu, UCI School of Education
MESA UNIDA UC Irvine
Our Mentors
Past Mentors

Previous Team Members
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Cynthia Sanchez Kevin Reimer Monica Romero Mariano Franco Danny Nguyen Sang Truong Juan Gabriel Malagon Marco Pinuelas Omar Simjee Mason Weupe
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Jonathan Mau Micah Nacpil Ana Laura Govea Grajeda Maria Salazar Haley Feng Nohemy Mones Leonardo Castro Valeria Cardenas Phung Duong