Meet the Staff

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PrepNorthwest spreads its love from the top-down. Meet the team! Each has unique talents that make him/her an amazing part of this family! The magic: we combine our powers to develop ways to give you and your student an amazing experience and work hard to create a positive environment for everyone to shine. From extraordinary coaching to customer service, curriculum development, systems, and training... to the occasional knee-slapping joke, these individuals get results and have fun as administrators and coaches. Read more about us below!

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Brady

(He/Him/His)
Academic & SAT/ACT Private Coach
Specialties: SAT/ACT: Reading, Writing; Math, Science; Academic: Math.

Brady grew up in Sammamish and graduated from Eastlake high school. He has a B.A in Economics from UW and an M.A. in Teaching from Seattle Pacific University. Brady specializes in one-on-one education and adapting curriculum to meet individual student needs. Beyond his love of teaching math, Brady enjoys running, playing soccer, watching bad, low budget movies, and reading.

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Candace

(She/Her/Hers)
Math and Science Coach
Specialties: All Math, Physics.

Candace Do grew up in Bellevue and graduated from Newport High School. She is currently studying Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. At Princeton, she is involved with a nanosatellite lab, the rocketry team, and the club badminton team. Her interests in math and teaching led her to start tutoring during high school and eventually to work with PrepNorthwest. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, building things, and listening to happy music.

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Daniel

(He/Him/His)
SAT/ACT Private and Group Class Coach
Specialties: SAT/ACT: Group Class Coach, Reading, Writing, Math, Science.

Daniel was born in Eugene, Oregon and grew up in Sammamish, Washington. He graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiology. After graduation, Daniel worked as a forum moderator and eventually a game release tester with an indie game company, Artix Entertainment. He then utilized his love of writing guides and his passion for helping people and created his own website to publish reviews and discuss video games and technology with the public. Outside of work and volunteering, Daniel loves to play games, read fantasy novels, go disc golfing, and hike the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

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Molly

(She/Her/Hers)
Owner
Head of Verbal Development
SAT/ACT Group Class Coach
Specialties: SAT/ACT: Reading, Writing; Math, Science.

Molly earned a B.A. in Psychology from the College of Wooster where she ran cross-county and track. As a National Qualifier and Academic All-American, Molly was convinced she would be a Coach. After spending two years working with City Year (an AmeriCorps program) Molly realized that teaching is coaching. With this in mind, she combined her love of pedagogy and passion for business, and in 1999, became the Director of Score! Prep, an in-home test-prep business for high school students. There, she managed markets in Seattle and Portland before moving to Chicago to manage markets all across the Midwest. After a successful 2 years in the Windy City, Molly returned to Seattle, met business partner Terry Lin, and in 2004, co-founded PrepNorthwest. In her spare time, Molly enjoys running, mixing music, eating brownie edges and solving puzzles.

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Terry

(He/Him/His)
Owner
Head of Math Development
SAT/ACT Group Class Coach
Specialties: SAT/ACT: Math, Science; Academic: Math, Chemistry.

Terry earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington during which time he was awarded "Tutor of the Year" from the UW WISE for his outstanding success teaching young adults at all levels of math, chemistry and engineering courses. After getting his degree, he worked as a fuel cell research scientist and a chemical salesperson for over 2 years. Soon thereafter, Terry devoted all of his time back into his love and passion... teaching high school students. In Terry's spare time, he enjoys building things out of wood, website design, programming computers and inventing cool gadgets. As you might encounter on this website, Terry is the inventor of his patented calculator slide case, the EZ Graphing slide case, a calculator cover that drastically cuts homework time and eliminates the need for pricey graphing paper.