Our staff is built to teach each student individually, to develop the skills they need to thrive in mathematics, and to foster a love of learning.

Elaina Brooks

Assistant Center Director

Elaina attends Anne Arundel Community College, pursuing a degree in Engineering Transfer studies. She plans to transfer to a 4 year university to study Mechanical Engineering! Elaina’s favorite number is 3 because it is prime and because her favorite shape is a triangle! Outside of work, Elaina likes to do all kinds of art and play sports (especially basketball)!

Rachel Grapes

Lead Instructor

Rachel is currently attending University of Maryland, Baltimore County where she is studying Mathematics! Rachel’s favorite number is 17 because it was her jersey number when she played soccer and it “just makes sense”. She also loves the Fibonacci Sequence also known as the Golden Spiral that follows a logarithmic pattern and is evident everywhere in nature such as in flowers, pinecones, hurricanes, as well as galaxies! 

Nora Devine

Lead Instructor

Nora’s favorite number is 4! It’s the only number that has the same number of letters as its value, four-leaf clovers are good luck, it’s a perfect square (and squares have 4 sides), and there are 4 basic operations! Also, Nora knows over 50 digits of pi! 

Eliana Doherty

Instructor

Eliana attends the University of Maryland, College Park where she is studying Chemistry! Her favorite number is 20 because it’s a critical success in D&D and it’s a 20/20 is perfect vision. Eliana is a board game enthusiast and has very strong feelings about horror movies! 

Danial Ludwig

Instructor
Danial graduated from University of Maryland, College Park, with degrees in Physics and Mathematics. Danial's favorite number is 7 – he chose it in kindergarten and never changed it! In his free time, Danial likes to longboard and play chess!

Our Mathnasium Mission

Teach children math so they understand it, master it, and love it. Math can change their lives, and they can change the world.

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What I love about Mathnasium is the ability to teach problem-solving skills and make math make sense, while also making a student smile.
Amber W., Mathnasium Instructor

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