Meet Our Team: Our Officers

Prerna Agarwal

Co-president (2018-19)
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Prerna Agarwal is a senior at Leland High School and passionate about ensuring all students have equal access to educational opportunities. In addition to Pay it Forward Tutoring, Prerna serves as the Vice President of Debate for her high school speech and debate team. She is also an intern and board member at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, a grassroots non-profit dedicated to supporting progressive justice. She is also the founder of the Progressive Youth Collaborative, a social justice initiative designed to educate and inspire youth to enact meaningful change within their community. She is fluent in English, Hindi, and Spanish. She also brings with her years of experience as a tutor both privately and as part of the OneinMath Program held at the Almaden Library. Prerna also loves travelling, cooking and drinking Boba. 

*Specialized topics: Math and English
AP Courses Taken: European History, Spanish, English Language and Composition, Calculus AB, Government & Economics, English Literature, Calculus BC
College Courses Taken: Psychology & Sociology

Jin Yu

Co-president (2018-19)

Jin Yu is a senior at Leland High School, part of the Class of 2019. She looks forward to helping younger students in the community and encouraging them to challenge themselves academically in the future. She has experiences as a private tutor and as a volunteer math tutor at Silicon Valley Open Academy. She can fluently speak in both Korean and English. In school, in is very involved in Leland Math Club, NHS, and MUN. Her favorite subjects are math and science, while she also enjoys history classes. She loves to volunteer and is actively involved in many outside activities. She volunteers at Almaden Library’s teensReach and is a team leader at Silicon Valley Korean School. She also enjoys playing bassoon and is a 4 years member of Almaden Youth Musician. She also attended COSMOS during summer after sophomore year at UCSC for Nanochemistry and Nanotechnology cluster.

*Specialized Topics: Science and Math
​AP Courses Taken: Chemistry, Calculus BC, Physics 1, Physics 2, European History, US History, CAPSTONE Seminar, French, English Language, Government, Economics College Courses Taken: Chemistry 1C, Math 73 (Multivariable Calculus)

Jessica (Yuyi) Lu

Treasurer
YuYi (Jessica) Lu is a junior at Leland High School who looks forward to her second year with Pay It Toward Tutoring, which she plans to dedicate herself to educating younger students. She speaks English and Mandarin fluently, and is able to teach in both languages. During her free time, YuYi enjoys working with children, volunteering, playing violin (in both school orchestra and California Youth Symphony) and taking pictures. YuYi has some experience with the medical research field, and has also experienced a Precollege Bioinformatics course at UCSD Academic Extension, and a Biomedical Research program with Rosetta Institution over the passed summers. *

Specialized Topics: Math and Science
AP Courses Taken: Psychology, Chinese, Chemistry, Calculus AB
​AP Courses Currently Taking: US History, Biology, Spanish Language, Capstone Seminar, Calculus BC

Allison Li

Secretary
Allison Li is currently a senior at Leland High School, and is excited to help students make progress in their academic endeavors, whether that be through supplementing their schoolwork or attending to their potential to excel. Her goal is to nurture a desire to learn in those she tutors. Previously, she has tutored with Pay it Forward for one year in multiple subjects, and has had tutoring experience in math for two years. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English, she is capable of teaching in both languages.
Outside of school, Allison plays the piano and clarinet, debates in Leland Speech and Debate, and volunteers at community events and nonprofits as President of the National Honor Society. She has experience in business and the legal field, having competed in the Business Law event on the national level with Future Business Leaders of America.

*Specialized Topics: English and Math
AP Courses: Biology, Psychology, Chemistry, Physics 1, Calc BC, Statistics, English Language, English Literature, French, US History, Macroeconomics, US Government​

ADDITIONAL TUTORS

Some of our tutors are bilingual, and feel comfortable teaching in either language. If you or your student feel more comfortable speaking another language, we have Chinese, Hindi, and Korean speakers. Please check individual bios for the tutors capable of teaching in another language.
​*Note: While each tutor lists specialized topics of interest, all are capable of tutoring K-8 students in most subjects.

SENIORS

Anokhi Mehta

Tutor
Anokhi Mehta is currently a senior at Leland High School. Her favorite subjects are math and computer science. Anokhi has loved both these topics since elementary school and hopes to pursue a career in the computer science industry. She enjoys working with kids and can relate to those feelings of satisfaction after finally understanding a topic or getting a problem right. Outside of school, Anokhi plays for the Leland Girls Varsity Tennis team during the fall and is Co-President of Code One Programming, a non-profit organization aimed at providing a free quality education in computer science. She is fluent in English and Spanish. In her free time, Anokhi loves to bullet journal, get boba or coffee with friends, and spend time with her family.

Specialized Topics: Math and Computer Science
AP Courses Taken: AP Courses taken/taking: Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Physics 1, Physics 2, Statistics, Spanish Language, Government, Macroeconomics
College Courses: CS 37A: Intro to C Programming

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Meghna Chandresekar
Meghna is a junior at Leland High School and interested the most in Biology and English. She is taking her third year of Spanish this year, and is a staff writer for Journalism. In her free time, she enjoys playing piano, drawing, and reading. She also participates in cross country and track, and enjoys volunteering for Key Club and CSF (California Scholarship Federation).
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AP Courses Taken: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Language

Tiffany Jia

Tutor
Tiffany Jia is a junior at Leland High School. She is good with kids and people and enjoys helping others learn. She has attended Chinese school since preschool and is fluent in English. She has played the harp for five years and often competes. She is also in the Silicon Valley Harp Ensemble and has performed with them in Hong Kong and L.A.. She has also played piano in the past for about two years.  In addition, Tiffany has also practiced art and clothing design and is knowledgable about sewing. As a junior, she is also familiar with both the SAT and ACT. Tiffany reads, plays chess, and cooks recreationally; as well as enjoys reading and occasional baking. 

Familiar Topics: Math, English, Music, Art
Current AP Courses: Calculus AB, Capstone, Biology, Art

Sean Huang

Tutor
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Chi Hoang

Tutor
Chi Hoang is a junior at Leland High School, who is enthusiastic about helping younger kids to understand and improve in academics. She loves to play the violin and draw. She speaks English fluently and Vietnamese well, and has previous tutoring experience at the Almaden Library. Chi is involved in numerous activities inside and outside of school, she has been playing violin for 11 years, tests for CM for violin each year (level 9 currently), has done track and field for the past two years, is in school clubs, and volunteers at the hospital frequently. Chi is currently taking AP classes and has taken multiple accelerated and honors classes in previous years.
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*Specialized Topics: English and Math
​AP courses taken: AP English Lang, AP Art

Vibha Chandresekar

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Charles He

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Meet our Co-Founders

Amanda Chen

Co-founder, Co-president (2015-2017)

Amanda Chen graduated from Leland High School in 2017 and is a member of Dartmouth College's class of 2021. As Pay it Forward Tutoring's co-founder and first co-president, she oversaw all activities and worked closely with both the team and Reading Partners, Pay it Forward Tutoring's first recipient charity. She is proud to have been a part of Pay it Forward Tutoring, where the collective efforts of a few continue to make a significant contribution to the education of many Silicon Valley children.

Sarah Kirby

Co-founder, Co-president (2015-2017)

Sarah Kirby, who graduated with Leland High School's class of 2017 and is currently a member or USC's class of 2021, served as co-founder and co-president of Pay it Forward Tutoring from 2015 to 2017. She is most proud to have been a part of a social enterprise with a dual function: tutoring local children while helping to enhance the educational opportunities of students in underserved communities.

Raymond Yang

Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer (2015-2017), Treasurer (2015-2017)

​Raymond Yang, who graduated from Leland High School in 2017, is a member of University of Waterloo's class of 2022 in Canada. As chief technical officer and treasurer, Raymond established the framework for the Pay it Forward Tutoring website and helped keep financial records of the organization. Raymond is happy to have made a difference in the community through Pay It Forward Tutoring. 

Daniel Vo

Co-founder, Secretary (2015-2017)

Daniel Vo graduated from Leland High School's class of 2017 and is a member of UCLA's class of 2021. As secretary of Pay it Forward Tutoring, he was happy to help every student excel and instill a love of learning in the local community. 
Special Thanks to...
Melissa Guo
Graphic Designer (2015-2017)
Melissa Guo graduated from Leland High School in 2017 and is a member of Washington University's class of 2021. Melissa produced the Pay it Forward Tutoring’s logo, flyers, and posters. 

​Sarah Yan

Logo Designer (2017)
Sarah Yan graduated from Westview High School in 2017 and is a member of Portland State University of 2021, with a double major in Architecture and Music. She produced a new logo for our organization (seen in Our Mission page). Check out her instagram: http://instagram.com/dokibunbun/.