Cynthia Ward

For fifteen years, Cynthia has helped students prepare for the SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests, ISEE, SSAT, and LSAT. She enjoys working with a diverse range of students, including students with high scores who are looking for that last push to achieve their goals. She brings a background in somatic work to her teaching, and approaches the tests with a sense of humor, encouraging students to prepare with focus.

Christopher Vakulchik

Chris has been a teacher/tutor with The Princeton Review since 1995 and has tutored hundreds of SAT, ACT, GMAT SSAT and ISEE students. He also works as a Master trainer, and he was one of the first instructors in the state to be trained on the new SAT. For his teaching/tutoring efforts, he has been recognized with awards from The Princeton Review’s R&D department; he’s also been awarded Tutor the Year by the TPR- NJ office.

Jake Schiff

Jake has been teaching and tutoring students for 23 years. He received his B.A from James Madison University and his MBA from Pepperdine. He is a certified instructor for the SAT, ACT, LSAT, GRE and GMAT. As a Master Trainer, he trains new instructors and develops content for our course materials. By layering a strategic focus on top of the core required content knowledge, he helps students to excel on tricky standardized tests.

Linda Nowacoski

After working for ten years in Management Training and Development, Linda began teaching for The Princeton Review. She has consistently been in high demand as a tutor, and in 2013 Linda had the highest number of tutoring hours in the company. In addition to tutoring and teaching courses, Linda has contributed to The Princeton Review as a training and development professional and a certified College Admissions Counselor.

Muhammed Hassanali

Muhammed joined The Princeton Review in 1990 and by 1992 was certified to tutor in virtually every test or topic. During the day he works as an engineer -- discovery and innovation is what he thrives on. Muhammed believes that learning is a life-time commitment, and helping others learn is just one facet of it. He taught his first college level class when he was 19, fell in love with teaching, and has been teaching part-time ever since.

Gail Goldhand

Gail has been teaching for The Princeton Review since early 2003. She specializes in higher scoring students whose goals include admission to the most competitive schools, lower scoring students who struggle with standardized tests, and everyone in between. Gail has received the teacher award for the highest customer service satisfaction rating, achieved a 97.9% recommend rate, and has been named SAT Tutor of The Year.

Justin Meloni

Justin has been an SAT and ACT tutor for over 20 years! He specializes in focusing on students' trouble areas and works hard to cater each tutorial to the student's individual needs and find the teaching style that works best. It's important for him to find common ground with students so that the material becomes more relatable and students are comfortable in each session. He enjoys helping students realize they can achieve their goals.

Clarissa Constantine

Clarissa has been a teacher/tutor for 20+ years and now coaches students on the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT and more. She's contributed to many publications for The Princeton Review, including books in the ‘Cracking’ series. She’s certified as a Master Trainer and has trained thousands of teachers to teach the SAT and ACT. Clarissa is a life coach for teens and the Founder of The ParenTween Connection. Her mission is to empower teens!

Patrick Brady

Patrick is a graduate of Vassar College in New York, where he studied History and Drama. At The Princeton Review, he has worked with many students, particularly teaching SAT courses for English Language Learners. In addition, he developed content for the Princeton Review’s Cracking the SHSAT, 3rd ed. and helped launch The Academy’s Grammar fundamentals course. Patrick has also hosted the company’s SAT Night Live on YouTube!

Elia Zashin

Elia's been teaching for The Princeton Review since 2001 in a manner that reduces student anxiety while inspiring confidence and excellent test-day performance. He was the LiveOnline Tutor of the Month in June 2017 due to his professionalism, student feedback, and desire to go above and beyond for his students. He attended Cornell University, where he graduated with a B.A. in English in 1997 and earned his M.A. in English at UT Austin.