Meet Our Team

Sangeeta (Sana)

Executive Director

Sana believes in leading from the front and that’s what she does at Sylvan of Halifax. She manages operations, oversees the educational integrity of programs, trains & overseas the team of tutors, interacts with parents, and also keeps a close eye on students progress. An educationalist, dance movement psycho-therapist  and holistic life coach, with experience of more than 15+ years, Sangeeta brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. She chose a career in education as she believes learning shall be personalized for each student as at Sylvan, instead of following a one-size-fits-all approach. When Sangeeta isn’t at Sylvan, you’ll find her volunteering/contributing in the community or painting or reading or meditating or binge watching Netflix. She believes in self-love & spending quality time with herself, especially now as both of her boys are off-the-nest in top Canadian Universities fulfilling their higher education dreams.

Peter

Educational Programs Supervisor

Peter has been part of Sylvan since March of 2014. He is a graduate of Ryerson University and York University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts for Child and Youth Care, and a Bachelor of Education. Peter has many years of experience working with children in different settings, including elementary schools. With experience over the years he has transformed himself into a pedagogy expert. Even though his teaching speciality is Language Arts and Study Skills, he has administrative experience of supervising and managing the backend academic programming of all the Sylvan Programs. And that is the key role he plays at Sylvan of Halifax. In his free time, Peter enjoys music and hockey.

Lynsey

Teacher / Tutor

Lynsey, has been working at Sylvan Learning Centre for 5+ years. With a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Education in Developmental Psychology, she is passionate about the education of students of all ages. She is also perusing B.Ed. and is very excited to expand on her experience at Sylvan. She specializes in teaching language arts as well as math and science to grad-school levels. Lynsey believes in a holistic and individualized approach, and during sessions focuses on instilling love of learning in students. Lynsey loves to relax at home with her fiancé and her cat Sylvie, listen to podcasts, and spend time at her cottage doing puzzles.

Denise

Teacher / Tutor

Denise loves teaching students and has worked at Sylvan Learning in Halifax for over 12 years. She has both a Bachelor and Master of Education degree, with former experience at Parks Canada as an Education Specialist and a Researcher for the Archaeology Section. A self-confessed extrovert, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, as well as taking walks with Maggie, her Sheepadoodle dog. A long-time volunteer English Second Language tutor, Denise also thrives on cooking, reading biographies and rug hooking. She also has been known to binge watch the occasional Netflix series!

Sarah

Teacher / Tutor

Sarah is a certified teacher and has been teaching 17+ years. She has a wide range of experience teaching at all grade levels and wholeheartedly enjoys working in education. She loves the every day challenges of teaching profession, I.E to be creative, nurturing and most of all, patient. Her goal to combine her range of experience with her ability to be a compassionate and enthusiastic teacher and make a positive contribution to the educational journey of each student she works with. In her spare time, She enjoy hiking with her dog and studying mycology, entomology as well as sign language.

Janna

Teacher / Tutor

Janna received her Bachelor of Science, after completing the joint program in biochemistry and molecular biology with microbiology and immunology at Dalhousie University. She is now pursuing a Master’s degree in biomedical engineering. Janna has a passion for STEM, and enjoys teaching a wide range of topics from mathematics to chemistry. When she is not in the lab or teaching, Janna enjoys baking and spending time with her cats.

Kassondra

Teacher / Tutor

Apart from being a certified teacher with Bachelor of Education, Kassondra also has a Masters of Library and Information Science and Bachelor of Arts. She also is certified in teaching English as a Second Language. Kassondra is highly passionate about learning and has been involved in educational and non-profit fields for the last 10+ years. She has a vast experience of teaching and tutoring students in English, language arts, social studies, and science. She enjoys spending time with friends, reading the latest comic books and fantasy novels, writing, and playing Dungeons & Dragons.

Rachael

Teacher / Tutor

Rachael is pursuing a Bachelor of Education, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Level 3 Early Childhood Education diploma, several French language certificates and has experience teaching in several models. Through her work with Sylvan, Rachael loves engaging with her many students, working to enhance their language and reading skills, as well as math. Rachael’s true interest and focus is the elementary years; she loves to see the progress they make over time. Rachael enjoys reading, movies, long walks, spinning classes, and time with friends.

Erika

Teacher / Tutor

Erika did her Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology from Dalhousie University and is currently pursuing  Bachelor of Elementary Education from Mount Saint Vincent University. She loves to inspire young learners and help them grow and thus teaching. She is passionate about cultivating nurturing environments where all learners belong and can succeed in a way that works for them. In her spare time she enjoys reading, being active, spending time outdoors at the lake or beach, and playing golf and tennis.

Josh

Tutor

Josh is the youngest member of our team. He is in his fourth year and is perusing computer science major with a minor in mathematics at Dalhousie University. Some popular programming languages he know include python, Java, C, C++ and JavaScript. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge and mentoring students especially when it comes to computer science.  Well, when he is not mastering his own skills or tutoring and helping his students to do the same, he can usually be found gaming, coding, swimming or hiking.

Sneha

Tutor

Sneha is a graduate from Dalhousie University with Master’s Degree in Computer Science. She recently completed her six month anniversary of work with Sylvan Learning Centre. Sneha loves to teach math and science, being a pro at both. Sneha relaxes with music, gardening, and yoga, while not working or relaxing, can mostly be spotted spending time sketching, hiking and pursuing her passion for photography.