About Us

Meet the coaches behind our math league program, learn how to join our coaching staff, and see our past achievements.
01 - COACHES

Our Coaches

Our team of dedicated coaches brings a wealth of competition experience and a passion for making math accessible and exciting for every student.

Alex Chen
Alex is a junior at Torrey Pines High School. He has qualified for AIME and participated in various math competitions. Outside of math, he enjoys trivia and playing the drums.
Andrew Jahng
Andrew is a junior at CCA who has been doing math since 1st grade. He has qualified for AIME four times and received a 3rd place individual trophy at MathCounts State. Outside of math, he enjoys playing clarinet, swimming, and hanging out with friends.
Arhan Gupta
Arhan is a sophomore at Torrey Pines High School. He has participated in contests like the AMC 8, AMC 10, and MATHCOUNTS In his free time, he plays water polo for his high school’s varsity team, runs a cooking channel on YouTube, and takes care of the elderly.
Austin Shi
Austin Shi is a freshman at CCA. He has competed in many math competitons, including Mathcounts, AMC 10, and others. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis, doing robotics, and listening to music
Brian Su
Brian is a sophomore at Torrey Pines High School. He has qualified for AIME and represented CVMS at MATHCOUNTS. Outside of math, he is interested in music, programming, and running.
Chris Chen
Chris is a junior at Torrey Pines High School where he is president of the math club. He is a 4x AIME qualifier and AMC 10 perfect scorer. He also attended the PROMYS summer program in 2025. Outside of math, he likes programming robots for his FRC team and playing the piano.
Diana Moon
Diana Moon is a sophomore at CCA. She has competed in several math competitons, such as AMC series and BMT. Aside from math she enjoys writing and hanging out with friends.
Dylan Kim
Dylan is a senior at CCA and he has been doing competition math since middle school. He has qualified for the AIME four times and achieved DHR on the AMC 12. Besides math, he enjoys going to symphony concerts and watching the Padres.
Erica Dong
Erica is a senior at Canyon Crest Academy. She is a 3x AIME qualifier, MATHCOUNTS alum, and has hosted multiple local math contests. In her free time, Erica likes to rock climb, listen to music, and try boba shops.
Kathy Xu
Kathy is a junior at Torrey Pines High School. She has represented CVMS at MATHCOUNTS, and has participated in various math competitions. Outside of school, she enjoys playing badminton and drawing.
Kevin Yang
A junior at Canyon Crest Academy, Kevin is a 3x AIME qual and has produced results at many regional and national competitions. Kevin likes to swim, work out, and play the piano.
Matthew Hsiao
Matthew Hsiao is a sophomore at Torrey Pines High School. He was part of the CVMS Mathcounts team and particpated in many other math competitions. Outside of math, he likes to play piano and tennis.
Sarthak Gattani
Sarthak is a freshman at Canyon Crest Academy. He has participated in numerous math competitions, such as Mathcounts State, AMC 8, AMC 10, Math Kangaroo, and more. In his free time, Sarthak plays competitive chess, achieving the National Master title. He also enjoys playing tennis, quizbowl, and coding.
Sepehr Golsefidy
Sepehr is a junior at CCA who has been doing math since 2nd grade. He has qualified for AIME four times, won MathCounts Countdown at State, and was part of the Carmel Valley MathCounts Team twice. In his free time, he plays chess and holds the National Master title. He also likes playing piano, running, ping-pong, and listening to music.
Sierra Liu
Sierra is a sophomore at Torrey Pines High School. She enjoys math, food, music, and learning about languages. Sierra has participated in the AIME and MATHCOUNTS.
Sihu Ahn
This person worked on technical production for 4 shows in his middle school and at least 5 in his high school. This theater kid has attended two HSNCTS and qualified for AIME 3 times. This regular contributor to PPT and CCAMB is in his third year of coaching math league. For 10 points, name this 11th grader at CCA whose name is listed above.
02 - STAFF

Staff and Volunteers

Our math league would not be possible without the support of our staff and parent volunteers. From organizing events to helping with logistics and communication, their contributions make our program stronger every year.

Vikram Gupta
Gokce Dane
Melanie Webb
Adam Bishop