Our Team
About Laurel Davis
Owner & Lead Tutor, Culver City & Manhattan BeachFounded NextGen: 2003
Teaching expertise: English & history through AP level, Math through Ap Calculus, Biology, Chemistry & APES
College applications & SAT/ACT prep
Executive functioning & study skills
Education: UCLA - Go Bruins! BA Communication Studies, MEd & Teaching Credential
Career highlights: Classroom teacher, Santa Monica & Inglewood districts (grades 2,3,4)
Education researcher, focus on gaps in algebra success between student groups
Assistant day camp director
Newspaper copy editor, web designer, bookkeeper
Other interests:
Dancing, volleyball, reading & writing, music & podcasts, learning new languages, baking pies, driving around California, birdwatching, gardening/urban farming
About Bar Lazar
Math Tutor & Program Developer, Culver CityJoined the team: 2020
Teaching expertise: Pre-algebra & middle school math, Algebra I & II, Geometry
Executive functioning & study skills
Education: UC Davis BS in Human Development, University of Redlands MA in Education & Teaching Credential
Career highlights: Classroom teacher in Irvine public schools
Instructional assistant, behavioral therapist
Other interests: Travel, cooking & baking, hiking & exploring, rock climbing, tennis, working out, bilingual in Hebrew
About Carlos Navarrete
Math Tutor, Culver CityJoined the team: 2024
Teaching expertise: Pre-algebra & middle school math, Algebra I & II, Geometry, Pre-calc, Stats, Spanish
Executive functioning & study skills
Education: UCLA BA in Geography, minoring in Math Teaching, UCLA MA in Education & Math Teaching Credential
Career highlights: Classroom teacher in LAUSD, Math tutor since 2017
Youth volunteer organizer/advocate
Other interests: bilingual in Spanish
About Suzie Hanrahan
English, History and Science Tutor, Culver CityJoined the team: 2024
Teaching expertise: English, History, Biology, Environmental Science, Spanish
Executive functioning & study skills
Education: University of Chicago BA in Law, Letters & Society, MFA in Writing, Columbia University
Scholarship & Fellowship recipient
Career highlights: Classroom teacher, Windward School & El Camino Community College
Extensive private tutoring & summer college prep program experience since 2013
Other interests: Also a certified CA state Naturalist and a Bookseller at The Last Bookstore in LA!
About Jo Moses
English & History Tutor, Culver CityJoined the team: 2024
Teaching expertise: English and history
Executive functioning & study skills
Education: Loyola Marymount BA in Journalism
Mills College Oakland
CSSSA
Career highlights: Writing Tutor, LMU Writing Center
Reporter & editor with multiple journalism awards
Other interests: Gaming, photography, gardening, graphic design & murals
About Kathy Flores Diaz
English, Spanish & History Tutor, Manhattan BeachJoined the team: 2025
Teaching expertise: English, Spanish and history
Executive functioning & study skills, reading intervention, ELL support, AP exam & testing skills
Education: Cal State Long Beach BA in History, UCLA MA in Education & Teaching Credential
Career highlights: History teacher, LAUSD
Reading interventionist, Downey USD
College peer advisor, Project Youth Mentor, EOP Student VP, Girl Boss Empire Student Club Advisor
About Manny Alves
Math Tutor, Culver CityJoined the team: 2025
Teaching expertise: Math & physics
Executive functioning & study skills
Education: University of Rochester MS Mathematics, CUNY MS Mathematics & Doctoral Studies Math ABD in Model/Ring Theory
Career highlights:
SUNY Adjunct Professor, Lehman College Graduate Teaching Fellow, GRE Prep instructor,
Other interests: Head of Development & Producer for The Network Advisory independent film company