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 Esther Weon
English, History and Math Tutor, Culver CityJoined the team: 2024
Teaching expertise: English and history, pre-algebra & middle school math, Algebra I & II, Geometry, Spanish
Executive functioning & study skills
Education: USC BA in Cinema Critical Studies and Creative Writing, minoring in Business Entrepreneurship
USC Trustee Scholarship recipient, AP Scholar of Distinction
Career highlights: Extensive tutoring experience since 2014 across subjects including designing her own test prep groups and classes for colleagues in the tech world when she was a software engineer and marketing manager at a robotics company
Teaching assistant in three LA schools
Other interests:
About Suzie Hanrahan
English, History and Science Tutor, Culver CityJoined the team: 2024
Teaching expertise: English and history, pre-algebra & middle school math, Biology, Chemistry, 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