Our Team at Mathnasium of Chesapeake

Dave Weddle

Dave is a retired small business manager and proud father of four homeschooled children. Encouraged by his kids to share his patience and love of learning, he joined Mathnasium to help students find confidence and enjoyment in math. 

Outside of the classroom, Dave spends time with his wife and children exploring the outdoors and staying active as a family. His calm, encouraging approach helps students overcome challenges and discover that math can be both meaningful and fun. 

Kathy Kornman

Kathy holds degrees in Math, Physics, and Numerical Analysis, and has spent her career applying math to a variety of professional and volunteer roles. Her passion for the subject extends into her personal life, where she finds mathematical beauty in creative pursuits like sewing and photography. 

At Mathnasium, Kathy enjoys helping students connect math concepts to the world around them and develop confidence in their problem-solving skills. She loves seeing students realize how math is woven into everyday life—and even once taught her rescue beagle to count to three. 

Bhuvanesh Skandaraj

Bhuvanesh is a senior in the STEM Academy's Programming pathway at Grassfield High School and an aspiring Electrical Engineer. He is interested in math (mainly calculus) as well as physics, and has himself been a Mathnasium student since elementary school. In his freetime, he enjoys both playing video games and developing them for competitions.

Suyambhav Saini

Suyambhav is a Governor's STEM Academy student at Grassfield High School. His passion for math extends to the race track, where Suyambhav is a NASCAR Local Racing Series driver at Langley Speedway, where calculations are constantly made to optimize the car for the track conditions to win races. He enjoys interacting with students and seeing them progress in their math skills regularly.

Gracie Reine

Gracie graduated from Regent University with a Bachelors of Science and a double major in Math and Computer Science and a minor in Biblical Studies. In her free time she enjoys crafting and being active in her local church. She also enjoys watching and playing soccer. She loves working with students at mathnasium because it is very rewarding seeing students reach that moment where things finally start to click.

Tucker McDermott

Tucker is a student at Grassfield High School and a member of the Virginia Health Sciences Academy at Old Dominion University. He is a hard worker planning to major in Biomedical Engineering with a goal of becoming a Sports Medicine Physician. When he is not at work or at school, Tucker enjoys serving his community through nonprofit organizations such as Youth Volunteer Corps and Tidewater LEAD. He enjoys teaching math because he wants students to have the opportunity to be the best version of themselves.