SquadGoals is a platform that trains high school students to become peer tutors and matches them with younger students who need the help. We provide in-school and after-school tutor training workshops and online resources that support tutors both during and outside of tutoring sessions.
Our Values
Educational equity
Youth-driven community change
Lifting oneself up by lifting up others
Team
Edward Tan – Technology
Edward is an avid foodie, photographer and technologist who loves to solve problems and tinker with the latest gadgets and apps. He has worked for both small startups and large Fortune 100 companies and enjoys collaborating with people from around the world. A polyglot full stack programmer who is passionate about education, Edward previously co-founded a startup that makes it easier for people to learn how to code. In his spare time, Edward enjoys playing strategy games and watching baseball, often at the same time.
Sinclair Wu – Product
Sinclair enjoys leaping over painted mushrooms, perhaps because he was a video game character in a former life. Inspired in his 20s by Martin Luther King’s question: “What are you doing for others,” Sinclair co-founded a nonprofit that jazzed up math for high school students and connected it with the real world. After volunteering at many schools and working in tech for over 15 years, Sinclair thought he’d try to combine the best of both worlds to tackle educational inequities both in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. A fan of game shows and Netflix food documentaries, Sinclair enjoys puzzles of all kinds and eating Mitchell’s ice cream.
Advisors
Malik Wade – Education
Malik is the founder and executive director of Scholastic Interest Group (SIG), a nonprofit that helps young men in low-income communities reach their full potential. SIG mentors student athletes from underserved communities and offers personal development and athletic programs. A writer and poet, Malik has been a youth advocate at San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center, a guest Lecturer at UC Berkeley, a mentor for the Junior 49ers youth football program, and a case manager for the African American Art and Culture Complex Youth Development program. One of his most prominent achievements was his entry into the Daly City Hall of Fame in 2007.
Michael Hwa – Technology
Michael is a Managing Director at Accenture focused on the High Tech industry, helping enterprise clients transform to a software business. As a father of 2 young children, he is passionate about parenting and the importance of education. In his spare time, Michael enjoys home improvement projects from automation to drip irrigation. His favorite activity is playing Lego with his kids and the creativity that it fosters.
Niccolina Clements Mangroo – Education
Niccolina “Coli” has spent nearly a decade working in the K-12 space in a variety of capacities, from monitoring and evaluation with the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Teach for India, to classroom teaching with Summit Public Schools. After experiencing the trials and tribulations of teaching in a blended learning environment, Coli made the leap into the world of edtech to explore the intersection of teacher professional development and equitable access to technology. She soon found herself at Edmodo, where she now works as the Head of Global Programs. When she’s not nerding out on all education-related topics, Coli enjoys traveling, mentoring and dancing.