Meet the team!

Executive Team

  • Ashna, Co-President

    Hello everyone! My name is Ashna and I am a senior at Sewanhaka High School in New York. My favorite school subjects are English and History, and I’m planning to study political science and journalism in college. I am a co editor-in-chief for my school newspaper and a Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Chapter Officer. In my free time, I love to travel, listen to music, and watch sports! I additionally volunteer at my local hospital and a non-profit dedicated to empowering females through teaching self-confidence. I am passionate about uplifting and helping others. For the past three years, Bored of Boredom has allowed me to continue my passion for supporting others by promoting accessibility to educational support. I am so excited to help lead this phenomenal organization!

  • Adrianne, Co-President

    Hi everyone! My name is Adrianne Ballate and I’m a senior at Miami Lakes Educational Center in Miami, Florida. I enjoy math and science and plan on pursuing medicine when I go to college. I love to travel and spend time with my family, friends, and dog Luna. I’m very passionate about volunteering and helping my community anyway I can which is one of the reasons why I love being a part of BoB! While being Co-president of BoB I am also Co-head of scheduling and Interviews and have been tutoring for 2 years. I’m honored to work with the other amazing Co-Presidents, every department head, and tutors to help expand BoB.

  • Mia, Co-President

    Hey everyone! My name is Mia and I’m a senior at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California. At school, I am most interested in exploring computer science, quantitative math analysis, and finance. Beyond school, I love to shop and try new restaurants, and am always looking for recommendations (so please reach out if you have any!!). I have been a tutor for Bored of Boredom for the last 3 years, and before becoming a co-President, I was the co-Head of the Social Media department. I am so grateful to be a part of this community and grow with it!

Academic Team

Rustom, Humanities Co-Head

Hi! I’m Rustom and I’m a junior at the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. I love English, Latin, and as one of the leaders of my school’s venture program, social entrepreneurship. In tutoring through Bored of Boredom, I enjoy sharing my passion for these subjects and I hope to inspire students to further explore their real world applications. In my free time, you’ll find me hiking and bouldering outdoors or writing poetry and short stories.

Swafiya, Social Justice Co-Head

Hello everyone! My name is Swafiya Twahir and I'm the social justice head. I'm a Bellevue High School sophomore and I enjoy teaching Science and English. I love to sew, read, and run in my free time. Regardless of background, it is necessary for children to have access to the resources and education they need. I'm so excited to help give all students that opportunity.

Arwa, Recreation Co-Head

Hi! My name is Arwa! I'm a junior at Islamic Foundation School. I am the Department head for Recreation! I love all things art! Some of my hobbies are baking, painting, scrapbooking, and writing. My goal as Recreation Department head is to increase the number of engaging activities for kids of all ages. I firmly believe that keeping kids occupied in productive activities stimulates their brains and gives them higher chances of success, especially in today's day and age of constant exposure to technology. I love working with kids and helping them understand the world in a positive way. Teaching kids is also one of my hobbies, which is why Bored of Boredom is the best organization I could've asked for. I'm really thankful to be part of this amazing community!

Jack, STEM Co-Head

Hey everyone, I'm Jack Hesse. I'm a dedicated tutor who has been working with Bored of Boredom for 3 full years. I'm a senior who is currently going to Palisades Charter High School. I'm passionate about math and always want to make sure everyone is able to succeed. In Bored of Boredom, I teach group classes which focus mainly on algebra. In my spare time, I love playing video games, watching movies, playing with my siblings, and talking with others. I'm so excited to be a STEM department chair and can’t wait to meet fellow tutors and students.

Mikayla, Neurodiversity Co-Head

Hi everyone! My name’s Mikayla and I’m a Junior at Viewpoint School. I love learning about psychology and math. In my free time I like hanging out at the beach with family, singing in my school choir, reading, writing, and drawing. I individually tutor and help out with Bored of Boredom’s social media accounts. I am passionate about the neurological field, so I am very grateful and excited to lead Bored of Boredom’s Neurodiversity Department and provide tutoring to all different types of learners!

Admin

Sahasra, PR Head

Hi everyone! My name is Sahasra Pechetty and I am a senior at Hamilton High School in Arizona. I am the PR Department Head. I love learning about any science, anything STEM, and psychology/neuroscience. Within science, I especially love learning about biology, chemistry, and physics. Some of my hobbies are baking, painting, playing badminton, and dancing. I have been a part of Bored of Boredom for a little more than three years since the start of this organization. I individually tutor students in science, English, or math, and I also lead group classes. Additionally, I volunteer at a nonprofit organization dedicated to tutoring underprivileged children, my school, my dance school and cultural events, food banks, my local library and am part of the Teen Advisory group. I love tutoring and helping people, especially children, so I am very excited to be the PR Department Head and spread the message about Bored of Boredom!

Keira, Social Media Head

Hi everyone! My name is Keira and I am a senior at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. Some of my favorite subjects include Physics, English, and Spanish. In my free time, you can find me hanging out with friends, working on social media marketing, or reading my favorite book. I love working as a reading comprehension tutor here at Bored of Boredom and I am so I am excited to take on a new role as a co-head of the Social Media department. I hope to help promote our incredible organization and all of the amazing services we offer!

Bianca, Scheduling Co-Head

Hey everyone! My name is Bianca and I'm a rising senior at Viewpoint School in Los Angeles. My favorite subjects are psychology, history, and art. Outside of school, I love to go to the beach, hang out with friends, draw, ski, travel, and dance. I've been apart of Bored of Boredom for two years now and individually tutor two kids in math and english. I'm so excited to be your new Scheduling Head!

Ishita, Outreach & Advertising Head

Hi everyone! My name is Ishita Bansal and I am a junior at Interlake High School in Washington. I love math, history, and computer science. I also enjoy interacting with and tutoring kids and want to reach as many kids as possible. Outside of school, I enjoy dancing, reading, listening to music, and hanging out with my friends. I have been a math tutor as Bored of Boredom for over a year now. I am so excited to be the Head of Outreach and Advertising.

Vivek, Advertising Position

Vivek has always been passionate about tutoring and ensuring that everyone has access to the educational help they need. He helps to run his school’s Peer Tutoring Club in addition to tutoring with Bored of Boredom. He loves interacting with students and is dedicated to advertising Bored of Boredom’s services to a wide audience.

Aashi, Interview Committee

Hi everyone! I’m Aashi, a senior at Herricks High School and an interviewer here at Bored of Boredom. I’m a huge STEM ambassador and I love providing free and accessible education for all children. In my free time, you can find me at a dance studio or making pieces for my art portfolio! A fun fact about me is that I speak 4 languages (plus 3 conversationally)! I’m so excited to work with all of our wonderful families and interview some amazing aspiring tutors.

Our Tutors

STEM

Eric A.

Arwa K.

Natalie H.

Jack H.

Vivek K.

Cici L.

Vivian L.

Khushi U.

Anand Y.

Lily Z.

Julie L.

Baixuan C.

Kaitlin A.

Aashi A.

Sahasra P.

Italy P.

Jeonghu L.

Angela C

Zeyu L.

Rida H.

Sanjana K.

Jenna W.

Zobia I.

Joanna L.

Bianca T.

Humanities

Arwa K.

Vivek K.

Alicia M.

Cici L.

Shiloh M.

Kaitlin A.

Ashna B.

Aashi A.

Sahasra P.

Angela C.

Neha C.

Rida H.

Zobia I.

Bianca T.

Recreation

Arwa K.

Jack H.

Sahasra P.

Ashna B.

Other

Gianna M.

Sriram A.

Alek Y.

Jordan D.

Bianca I.

Luci B.

Piper S.

Social Justice

Arwa K.

Jack H.

Rida H.

Avesha K.

Bianca T.