Our Team: Creators/Owners

Matt Giammarino has spent the last ten years teaching, running a business, learning, and researching. As a long time teacher (lower case ’t’), Matt has worked with a variety of people in a wide variety of contexts. Connecting with other people is what makes Matt tick. As an entrepreneur, Matt has learned (sometimes the hard way) about the challenges and joys that come with delivering quality education at a reasonable cost. As a researcher and a nerd, Matt has explored the worlds of philosophy, psychology, economics (honours), and education psychology (M.A. honours). His current research interests include understanding how environmental factors interact with thinking processes. For the last 2 years, Matt has been working on new technologies that help make education more personalized and efficient. Matt is always interested in new ideas. Get in touch on twitter @mattgiammarino or by email at matt.giammarino@gmail.com.

Jessy Giammarino is a director and case-manager at BrainBoost. With a B.A. in English from the University of British Columbia and 3 years experience teaching Yoga, Jessy specializes in literacy and how stress and anxiety affect a student’s ability to learn. Jessy believes strongly in the importance of organization and structure to help students gain control of their academic life and mental sanity. With the help of our tutors, she is currently developing a company-wide organizational system that assists students in implementing a daily system of managing their never-ending things-to-do. As well, Jessy believes strongly in the power of the breath and tries to teach all her students how to use their breath to access a calm and clear mind. Jessy respects and cherishes her students’ differences and strives to be a strong and calming force in their lives in order to help them achieve their great potential.