Rachel Presutto supports elementary and high school students in the areas of math, science, executive function and written expression. She supports students with a range of needs including students with math and written-output based learning disabilities, ADHD, executive function deficits, math anxiety, and large gaps in their knowledge and skills.

Rachel helps students understand and work meaningfully with concepts rather than simply memorize rules. She uses mathematics education as a tool to build self-confidence, resilience, and real-world problem-solving skills. Rachel works with students to build foundational executive function skills. She also helps her students to develop strong writing skills by breaking down the writing process into incremental and manageable steps.

Rachel completed her undergraduate degree in mathematics at the University of Toronto, and went on to earn a Master of Arts in Child Study and Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). When she’s not at the Red Oak, Rachel teaches courses in various disciplines at the CaST School, a small private high school in Toronto. Before this, she developed her love of math and science education while working at a STEM-based leadership camp at the University of Toronto’s Engineering Outreach Office. She has also worked as a respite worker at the Geneva Centre for Autism. Rachel is a co-founder of Pinecone Project, which offers interdisciplinary programs, workshops, and summer camps that aim to build skills, self-efficacy, and an excitement for learning, in people of all ages.