Meet the tutors

We are very excited to teach you this summer! Please email course staff if you have any logistical questions or concerns. Otherwise feel free to email any of the staff members below.

Tutors

Course tutors host tutorials and office hours and help with other aspects of the course such as assignment parties, Piazza support and grading.

Amit Bhat (he/him/his)

amit.bhat@berkeley.edu

Hi! I’m Amit (he/him), and I’m a second-year CS major from the Bay Area. In my free time, I enjoy following sports (mainly football and basketball) and binging Netflix shows. Feel free to reach out to me about 61A, sports, music (always looking for recs), or anything else!

Amritansh Saraf (he/him/his)

amritansh@berkeley.edu

Hi, I am a rising Junior studying CS and this is my third time teaching the class! I spend my free time playing the piano and watching Netflix. I like listening to Western Classical music and am also a big John Mayer fan. Feel free to get in touch with me regarding anything 61A or non-61A! :)

Araav Patel (he/him/his)

araavp@berkeley.edu

Hey! I’m a rising sophomore studying CS and Stats from the Bay Area. In my free time, I enjoy playing volleyball, watching Netflix, and playing chess. I’m excited to be a tutor this summer, and feel free to reach out to me for anything related to 61A or just to chat!

Ashwin Gopalan (he/him/his)

agopalan@berkeley.edu

Hello! I'm Ashwin, a rising sophomore majoring in EECS, and I’m super excited to be a tutor this summer! In my free time I like to work out, play golf, watch movies or some anime, and a large part of my time is now going into learning how to cook. Feel free to reach out, I’m always down to chat :)

Caitlin Phan (she/her/hers)

cait@berkeley.edu

Hullo! looking forward to (zoom) meeting and cs-ing with y'all! If I’m not sleeping or busy with school stuff, you can probably find me grocery shopping at TJs, appreciating a good ole sunset, playing volleyball, utilizing my high spice tolerance, or doing something artsy.

Cindy Lin (she/her/hers)

cclin520@berkeley.edu

Helloooo~ My name is Cindy and I am a senior from Taiwan studying Data Science and CS! :) Super heppy to be teaching 61A and very excited to meet y’all! Some of my interests include: eating yummy food, taking pictures of my food, taro, sweet potato, traveling, cats and watching anime and kdramas!!!

Kevin Moy (he/him/his)

kevinmoy@berkeley.edu

Klaire Li (she/her/hers)

klaire@berkeley.edu

Hi! I'm Klaire, a rising sophomore studying Computer Science. I'm into a huge variety of games from animal crossing to valorant. I also like volleyball, movies, collecting useless things, and more:) I loved 61a and I hope you will too! Super excited to meet you!

Laryn Qi (he/him/his)

larynqi@berkeley.edu

Hello! My name is Laryn (he/him) and I’m a rising third-year CS and Music major. 61A has been my favorite class at Cal thus far, so I’m really excited to teach it. Outside of CS, I enjoy video games and drumming. Looking forward to an awesome semester <:)

Peter Zhang (he/him/his)

petez@berkeley.edu

Hi! My name's Peter and and I'm a CS+Econ sophomore from the great state of Maryland. I love reading, blogging, and working out. Reach out for course advice, song recs, bullet chess - anything!

Rohan D'Souza (he/him/his)

rohan.ds1001@berkeley.edu

I'm Rohan. I like ramen and math lol

Rohit Agarwal (he/him/his, they/them/theirs)

rohaga@berkeley.edu

Hi, my name is Rohit and I'm a rising sophomore in EECS. I try to dip my toes in everything: physics, math, cs, linguistics, and language-learning. In my freetime, I like to play fps aim trainers (if anyone is familiar with those). Excited to work with you all!

Shivana Anand (she/her/hers)

shivana@berkeley.edu

Hi! I'm Shivana, an incoming sophomore majoring in EECS and Business Administration. I'm excited to be teaching 61A this summer!