Meet Our Team

Cynthia has a Bachelor´s in Spanish, a minor in History, and a Master´s degree in Counseling.  Cynthia’s teaching experience includes teaching Spanish 1 & 2 to high school students and being a substitute teacher in a private school (K-12) school.  For the past 6 years, Cynthia has tutoring reading and math for students, Pre-K through 6^th Grade and specializes in early reading foundations.   Cynthia serves as both a tutor for our Team as well as the Talent Specialist who helps identify and hire new talent for Tutor Doctor Gateway.  

Cynthia loves working to build early reading and math foundational skills in students who have fallen behind and may even be discouraged.  Cynthia’s goal is to help them to see that they CAN catch up to grade level and thrive! Teaching is definitely her passion, or as some would say, “her jam”.   Cynthia understands the importance of writing and teaching to a child’s ability because, in addition to everything else she does, she also works with a Spanish publishing house translating, editing, and writing children´s curricula.    

 On a personal basis,  Cynthia enjoys being creative, which is reflected in her teaching methods.  She is a single mom of one child whom she adopted as a teenager (not much surprises her).   He is now an adult and is finishing up his training as a medical doctor.   Cynthia’s looks forward to partnering with her families to enhance your child’s educational experience.  One her greatest skills is being an encouragement to her students, brining in structure but always having fun.  

Deena has a Master’s degree in Special Education and is currently working on her Master’s degree in School Psychology.  Deena lives in Northern Arizona with her husband, three teenage girls, and three dogs.  Deena loves to travel and go to sporting events. Deena has been a special education teacher in both private and public schools for almost nine years.  Deena enjoys working with all ages in Math and English, having worked in elementary, middle, and high school settings within the Special Education program at various schools in Arizona.  Deena tutors students K-12th Grade in Reading and Math Online and is currently teaching math to 9th- 12th Grade Students.  Deena brings a fun & flexible approach to the students she support being able to help the students who struggle with motivation find fun and engagement with tutoring. 

Ally Dell’Amico has a Bachelor’s Degree in Math with a Minor in Sports Science and currently owns and operates a Yoga Studio in Gilbert, AZ.  Ally tutors Middle School and High School Math and Science.  Ally has a passion for helping others gain confidence and reach their fullest potential. Ally has been tutoring peers and students in math and sciences for over 10 years and finds joy in seeing the understanding and confidence grow in when tutoring students and how that confidence can help a student flourish when those light bulb moments occur.  Ally promotes learning by having students become the teacher and guide her through a problem, as she believes we learn and develop a deeper understanding by explaining things to others. Ally tries to make learning fun and interesting regardless of the difficulty and emphasizes that we can only truly learn by making mistakes and trying to figure out how to improve upon them.

Corey Rauterkus grew up in Southern California. Throughout his school years, he stayed dedicated to his classes and love for sports. He went to UC Santa Barbara where he found a passion for art, especially playing music. His love of working with children in other countries and teaching guitar led him to pursue a graduate degree in Education. Corey first obtained his Master’s degree in Mathematics and then added on his multiple subject credential so that he could teach a wider variety of ages and subjects. After teaching in person for four years in the middle school and elementary levels, Corey has now spent the last 3 years and is still currently teaching Math & Reading for an online K-12 school.  Corey specializes in Math up to Pre-Calculus and Reading K-12.  Corey has an easy going personality and a relaxed approach that creates a safe space for his students to really learn and grow under his instruction.

In his free time, Corey loves reading, playing music, and taking care of his many animals living in Queen Creek, AZ along with his wife.

Donna has a B.A. degree in English (literature) with a minor in Spanish and additional TESOL certification. Donna taught high school English, Basic Math, and Spanish for three years. After her children were born, she substituted and tutored until she moved to Mexico City, where Donna then homeschooled her two children from grade K-8. When Donna’s son reached 9^th grade, she enrolled her children in an international school and returned to a traditional classroom setting as the school’s sole English teacher.  Donna was responsible for all ELA curriculum choices (7th- 12th Grade) and instruction for the next seven years using  US Common Core ELA standards.  Although Donna taught American students living in Mexico, over 70% of her students were non-native speakers. Donna learned to make adjustments in her teaching to help each student succeed. In addition to Donna’s classroom experience, she has extensive online teaching experience and presently tutors students in Reading, History & Spanish with Tutor Doctor Gateway through our innovative, interactive online tutoring platform.  Donna’s teaching style is a practical, get-down-to-business approach within a relaxed and comfortable environment for the student.  Donna loves brining real life examples in to her tutoring sessions and has achieved incredible gains in Reading, Spanish and History for the students she supports.

Craig Burnett has a Masters degree in Math & Sports Management and has been working with youth for 25 years, 17 years have been spent as a classroom teacher.   Craig has worked in self-contained classroom environments and most recently working with 7th & 8th Grade students. Over his years as a teacher he has experience teaching in nearly every grade from Kindergarten to 8th grade, Reading, Math, Science and History.  Craig loves teaching and positively impacting the lives of students!  With his extensive background he has access to a variety of strategies and resources in both math and reading that will allow him to support student attainting strong growth in both areas.

My name is Chiara and I cannot wait to be your child’s tutor!  Chiara is pursuing a degree in Psychology at Arizona State University.  Chiara has always loved helping others, especially when it comes to learning.  Chiara has tutored since her sophomore year in High School and has been tutoring with Tutor Doctor Gateway for over 2 years.  From elementary school through high school, Chiara excelled in school. Her personal favorite subjects were always Math and English, but she also loved learning Spanish in middle school and high school. Chiara was an honors and AP student in high school and continue to take high level classes at Arizona State University where she currently majoring in Psychology. When Chiara is not in school, she enjoys listening to music, attending concerts, traveling,  and reading lots and lots of books!  Chiara promises that when tutoring, your child is going to be her main priority always!  Chiara does anything and everything to make sure her student’s understands what’s going on in school and making sure they excel at any and every subject.  Chiara brings in that youthful, relatable and relaxed approach that our Middle School students love!!