Meet Our Team

Carrie

Center Director

Director

As Center Director, Carrie works with families and staff to create a successful learning environment for all students.  A teacher with over 20 years of experience in a variety of educational settings with students PreK-College. Carrie chose a career with Sylvan because she loves seeing students in a small learning environment where they feel safe to make mistakes and grow in confidence as well as knowledge and skills. She studied at North Central University where she earned a BA in Elementary Education. When Carrie isn’t at Sylvan, you’ll find her competing in triathlons, reading historical fiction books and enjoying the great outdoors.

Nina

Instructor

Nina has worked in education for more than 20 years.  Nina has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of St. Thomas. With her strong background in math, she especially enjoys working with students who are tackling new math concepts. When not teaching, Nina enjoys gardening, biking, reading and spending time with her family.

Randy

Instructor

While Randy has many tutoring talents, he finds the greatest joy in Math tutoring and passing along much-needed mathematical skills to the next generation. He has a 40 year background in applied mathematics. When Randy isn’t at Sylvan, you’ll find him writing a data science book and watching lots of baseball.

Syd attended MSU Mankato earning a degree in English Education with a minor in Communication Sciences and Disorders. They are in their first year of teaching at the PIM Arts High School, where they teaching 9th, 10th and 12th grade ELA and are loving the experience. They enjoy working with students of all ages and helping them with their reading and writing skills. When Syd isn’t teaching you will find them, reading, writing, playing the banjo, drawing/painting and walking their dogs.