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Curious Cardinals Reviews

Read authentic parent and student reviews and testimonials. See how Curious Cardinals mentors deliver passion project and academic results, helping students get published, win awards, build college-ready portfolios, and build skills that stand out.

Emma Stewart's avatar

Marianna has been wonderful!

- Emma Stewart
Parisa Mosavat's avatar

Thank you so much! I hope to kept working with you!!

- Parisa Mosavat
Ali Marshall's avatar

Halle is very supportive and encouraging of Molly and understands her objectives.

- Ali Marshall
Anu Vadhan's avatar

Mia was an incredible support to Layla with each step of building her website! Thank you Mia!

- Anu Vadhan
Gayle Greenberg 's avatar

Charlotte is brilliant, kind, and supportive. She is the PERFECT mentor. I recommend her 1000000%!

- Gayle Greenberg
Lauren Silvers's avatar

What an amazing mentor! Professional, yet makes learning so much fun! We are so grateful to have her!

- Lauren Silvers
Tom Luce's avatar

Kira is absolutely wonderful! I think she and Emma will remain friends long after Emma heads off to college!

- Tom Luce
Erin Kenway's avatar

Paloma has really helped our daughter grow and build resiliency in her pursuit of musical theater and acting!

- Erin Kenway
Rachel's avatar

Vas was a fantastic mentor! She was energized and helped us prepare for assessments and labs. We appreciate her!

- Rachel
Megan Bradley's avatar

Huge thanks to James who helped transform Teddy from a student who wants to get his homework done to a student who wants to learn. Bravo!

- Megan Bradley
Rachel's avatar

Vas is so smart and such an incredible mentor. She teaches in a relatable manner so you learn and feel confident at the end of each session.

- Rachel
David's avatar

Lily is a wonderful, dedicated and encouraging lady who has taken it upon herself to help guide my daughter in exploring several areas of interest

- David
Emma Stewart's avatar

We absolutely adore Grace Barket. She has been such a wonderful addition to our 12-year-old's life. We cannot recommend her enough to other families.

- Emma Stewart
AM's avatar

Our daughter has really enjoyed working with McKenna! Thank you McKenna for your encouraging presence, organization and flexibility. You are a role model!

- AM
Gali Yehezkel's avatar

Alexandra was the perfect match for me! Over the 10 weeks we were paired, I looked forward to our meetings and working on my passion projects! Best ever 💜

- Gali Yehezkel
NR's avatar

Sid is one of the most invested, strategic and thoughtful mentor/tutors and I am grateful for his guidance and support along the way. Highly recommend him.

- NR
Jeet Sohal's avatar

It was really great for Kieran to have such a wonderful resource for all the inevitable questions that came up in tacking a high intensity Biology class! Thank you.

- Jeet Sohal
Katie Peck's avatar

Hunter Disco was a wonderful mentor to my son. He was able to help him along his programming journey. He was patient, kind and knowledgeable. We were lucky to have him!

- Katie Peck
Amanda Richardson's avatar

Zoe brought energy, creativity and confidence to an 8 year old who was struggling with reading and writing. Zoe’s care, energy and passion are amazing gifts to everyone.

- Amanda Richardson
Alexandra Wilson's avatar

My son has really benefitted from his algebra sessions with Sebastian. I highly recommend him and appreciate how Curious Cardinals matched my son so well with his mentor.

- Alexandra Wilson
Ann Klein's avatar

Logan is kind, thoughtful and inspiring. Working with him has been a pleasure for my son and has opened him to new ideas and possibilities. He’s a great role model for any high schooler!

- Ann Klein
Ricardo Dias 's avatar

Savannah has made the difference with Maya. She understands where Maya is coming from and she is able to communicate effectively with her - while inspiring Maya to launch her own business!

- Ricardo Dias
Maria C Villa's avatar

Aidan has been an amazing mentor! Benjamin looks forward to their weekly session and has enjoyed every part of the process. Aidan is very kind, patient and keeps a good flow of communication.

- Maria C Villa
Risa Shimazaki's avatar

Griffin has been the best mentor for a slightly moody 15 year old boy. His expertise and knowledge of soccer has been the key in winning him over and my son looks forward to his weekly meetings.

- Risa Shimazaki
David Eichenbaum's avatar

Tash worked closely with our daughter to achieve a mature, engaging, and exciting result over the summer. Both Tash and our daughter exceeded my expectations for their work. Highly recommended mentorship!

- David Eichenbaum
Caroline 's avatar

Bryson is a great tutor for my son. He is professional, knowledgeable, considerate, and he goes the extra mile. He is a great role model and I hope my son can continue to work with him. Thank you Bryson!

- Caroline
Sofia Chappuis's avatar

Aiden connected in a natural and easy way right away with our son, Axel. They have a wonderful time every week working on a real passion project for him. I would highly recommend this service to other families.

- Sofia Chappuis
Abby Kirigin's avatar

My daughter has loved working with her writing mentor, Catherine! Catherine inspires her to keep writing and do her best work. She has learned sophisticated writing techniques for screenplays and novels. Thank you!

- Abby Kirigin
Igor V's avatar

Dorcas has been amazing mentor to my daughter. Watching my daughter grow and expand her skills and knowledge has been great. Looking forward to continuing long term mentorship in partnership with Curious Cardinals.

- Igor V
Tory Woodruff's avatar

Julia is an expert mathematician with patience, insight and a kind way of guiding those for whom math does not come naturally. Sawyer relied on her for many years as she navigating the challenges of high school math.

- Tory Woodruff
Siva Ridley's avatar

Thank you, Michael, for being an incredible mentor! Your guidance and advice have been instrumental in my development as a game designer. I have had a lot of fun working with you and I am grateful for your mentorship.

- Siva Ridley
Alexandra Wilson's avatar

We loved working with Josh Sugarman! He inspired my son to learn about markets and how to think about investment parameters around companies. He tapped into my son's curiosity about brands he knows and loves. Thank you!

- Alexandra Wilson
kimberly goodwin's avatar

Elise was simply the best mentor! She kept my daughter engaged, she was motivating, and she pushed her to really explore her creative side. She learned so much in 3 months and looked forward to every session. Thank you!!

- kimberly goodwin
Jacob Domingo's avatar

Hi Steven, thanks for tutoring me for all this time I think that I have gotten a lot better throughout this process as you have helped me recognize and reinforce concepts that would later help me do good on my tests. - Jacob

- Jacob Domingo
Eva Woo's avatar

We are fortunate to be matched with Lula, who has been such a positive inspiration and influence to Phoebe's growth the past 7 months. Without Curious Cardinal, it'd be hard to imagine we can find a compatible mentor like lula.

- Eva Woo
Susan Kwok's avatar

Tom was a great mentor and helped my son with a summer YouTube video project and executive functioning throughout the school year. He was easy to communicate with and glad that he could serve as a role model for my son. Thank you!

- Susan Kwok
Nani Sarosa's avatar

Vas has been an awesome mentor to my daughter. She was able to help my daughter deepen her learning of the various physics concepts, thus helping her become a more confident learner in taking the AP exam. I can't thank Vas enough!

- Nani Sarosa
David Malek's avatar

Adelaide has been a true gift for our daughter - she managed to make a strong connection quickly, and tailored a program that is diverse and personalized in a truly engaging way. We're so happy our daughter gets to spend time with her!

- David Malek
Tori Humphrey's avatar

Hannah has been the perfect mentor for Hailey! Hannah has been supportive, helpful, friendly, and easy to communicate with. Hailey continues to want to work with her, even through summer, so I think that in itself is a huge testimonial! :)

- Tori Humphrey
Priya Baveja's avatar

Malik was super professional and inspiring. Aaditya mentioned Malik was always well-prepared and explained very well difficult to understand concepts. Aaditya really enjoyed his sessions and got more curious about the topics they discussed.

- Priya Baveja
NIMIT JAIN's avatar

Amazing journey Dadhmehr! Co-creating and solving a complex challenge takes immense courage and faith in oneself. Thanks for instilling this and transmitting "Can Do" attitude. Cannot wait to see how this progresses and change like of Musicians!

- NIMIT JAIN
Milan's mom's avatar

Andrew has been a phenomenal mentor. He has pivoted where needed and exposed Milan to new concepts and games that developed his interests in a new way. He has great ideas and is the perfect role model for our growing young man! Thank you, Andrew!

- Milan's mom
Judith's avatar

C will be starting at his fourth new school in 3 years this fall. Through it all, Hamzeh has been a grounding force; a familiar friendly face. Always cheerful, Hamzeh gently encourages C to be curious and optimistic through their builds together.

- Judith
Dorothy's avatar

My son, Dylan, has really enjoyed working with Steven this year. Seeing how excited he is in taking on and creating new projects and the enormous growth he's had in a short period of time has been wonderful. Dylan looks forward to every session with Steven!

- Dorothy
Nilou Davidov 's avatar

James is absolutely the best tutor one can wish for. He tutors both my kids 12 and 15 and they say they learn more from him than they learn in school (my daughter attends a rigorous college preparatory school). They both love working with him. He’s remarkable!

- Nilou Davidov
Rylan Patel's avatar

Daniel is an amazing mentor with patience, passion and intelligence. He has been a perfect match for Rylan. Rylan looks forward to continue to learn from Daniel about engineering concepts! We are so grateful for this opportunity to work with an amazing mentor.

- Rylan Patel
Jeffrey Clifford's avatar

Konstantin was a brilliant mentor for our 12 year old son. They delved into global finance and created a portfolio of companies as a vehicle for understanding ways of investing and analyzing companies. Konstantin encouraged our son to keep exploring. Thank you!

- Jeffrey Clifford
Quynh Nguyen's avatar

Morgan has been an incredible inspiration for our boys. They look forward to math with him every time, thanks to his creative games and engaging stories. His enthusiasm for the subject is contagious, and he has a gift for making learning both exciting and memorable.

- Quynh Nguyen
Melody Westervelt's avatar

Annalise has been such a warm and supportive person for our daughter to spend time with. We are very thankful she has a mentor who has taken the time to get to know her, and appreciates the unique, fun person that she is. Thank you, Annalise, for your time and effort.

- Melody Westervelt
Emma Stewart's avatar

Marianna has been wonderful!

- Emma Stewart
Parisa Mosavat's avatar

Thank you so much! I hope to kept working with you!!

- Parisa Mosavat
Ali Marshall's avatar

Halle is very supportive and encouraging of Molly and understands her objectives.

- Ali Marshall
Anu Vadhan's avatar

Mia was an incredible support to Layla with each step of building her website! Thank you Mia!

- Anu Vadhan
Gayle Greenberg 's avatar

Charlotte is brilliant, kind, and supportive. She is the PERFECT mentor. I recommend her 1000000%!

- Gayle Greenberg
Lauren Silvers's avatar

What an amazing mentor! Professional, yet makes learning so much fun! We are so grateful to have her!

- Lauren Silvers
Tom Luce's avatar

Kira is absolutely wonderful! I think she and Emma will remain friends long after Emma heads off to college!

- Tom Luce
Erin Kenway's avatar

Paloma has really helped our daughter grow and build resiliency in her pursuit of musical theater and acting!

- Erin Kenway
Rachel's avatar

Vas was a fantastic mentor! She was energized and helped us prepare for assessments and labs. We appreciate her!

- Rachel
Megan Bradley's avatar

Huge thanks to James who helped transform Teddy from a student who wants to get his homework done to a student who wants to learn. Bravo!

- Megan Bradley
Rachel's avatar

Vas is so smart and such an incredible mentor. She teaches in a relatable manner so you learn and feel confident at the end of each session.

- Rachel
David's avatar

Lily is a wonderful, dedicated and encouraging lady who has taken it upon herself to help guide my daughter in exploring several areas of interest

- David
Emma Stewart's avatar

We absolutely adore Grace Barket. She has been such a wonderful addition to our 12-year-old's life. We cannot recommend her enough to other families.

- Emma Stewart
AM's avatar

Our daughter has really enjoyed working with McKenna! Thank you McKenna for your encouraging presence, organization and flexibility. You are a role model!

- AM
Gali Yehezkel's avatar

Alexandra was the perfect match for me! Over the 10 weeks we were paired, I looked forward to our meetings and working on my passion projects! Best ever 💜

- Gali Yehezkel
NR's avatar

Sid is one of the most invested, strategic and thoughtful mentor/tutors and I am grateful for his guidance and support along the way. Highly recommend him.

- NR
Jeet Sohal's avatar

It was really great for Kieran to have such a wonderful resource for all the inevitable questions that came up in tacking a high intensity Biology class! Thank you.

- Jeet Sohal
Katie Peck's avatar

Hunter Disco was a wonderful mentor to my son. He was able to help him along his programming journey. He was patient, kind and knowledgeable. We were lucky to have him!

- Katie Peck
Amanda Richardson's avatar

Zoe brought energy, creativity and confidence to an 8 year old who was struggling with reading and writing. Zoe’s care, energy and passion are amazing gifts to everyone.

- Amanda Richardson
Alexandra Wilson's avatar

My son has really benefitted from his algebra sessions with Sebastian. I highly recommend him and appreciate how Curious Cardinals matched my son so well with his mentor.

- Alexandra Wilson
Ann Klein's avatar

Logan is kind, thoughtful and inspiring. Working with him has been a pleasure for my son and has opened him to new ideas and possibilities. He’s a great role model for any high schooler!

- Ann Klein
Ricardo Dias 's avatar

Savannah has made the difference with Maya. She understands where Maya is coming from and she is able to communicate effectively with her - while inspiring Maya to launch her own business!

- Ricardo Dias
Maria C Villa's avatar

Aidan has been an amazing mentor! Benjamin looks forward to their weekly session and has enjoyed every part of the process. Aidan is very kind, patient and keeps a good flow of communication.

- Maria C Villa
Risa Shimazaki's avatar

Griffin has been the best mentor for a slightly moody 15 year old boy. His expertise and knowledge of soccer has been the key in winning him over and my son looks forward to his weekly meetings.

- Risa Shimazaki
David Eichenbaum's avatar

Tash worked closely with our daughter to achieve a mature, engaging, and exciting result over the summer. Both Tash and our daughter exceeded my expectations for their work. Highly recommended mentorship!

- David Eichenbaum
Caroline 's avatar

Bryson is a great tutor for my son. He is professional, knowledgeable, considerate, and he goes the extra mile. He is a great role model and I hope my son can continue to work with him. Thank you Bryson!

- Caroline
Sofia Chappuis's avatar

Aiden connected in a natural and easy way right away with our son, Axel. They have a wonderful time every week working on a real passion project for him. I would highly recommend this service to other families.

- Sofia Chappuis
Abby Kirigin's avatar

My daughter has loved working with her writing mentor, Catherine! Catherine inspires her to keep writing and do her best work. She has learned sophisticated writing techniques for screenplays and novels. Thank you!

- Abby Kirigin
Igor V's avatar

Dorcas has been amazing mentor to my daughter. Watching my daughter grow and expand her skills and knowledge has been great. Looking forward to continuing long term mentorship in partnership with Curious Cardinals.

- Igor V
Tory Woodruff's avatar

Julia is an expert mathematician with patience, insight and a kind way of guiding those for whom math does not come naturally. Sawyer relied on her for many years as she navigating the challenges of high school math.

- Tory Woodruff
Siva Ridley's avatar

Thank you, Michael, for being an incredible mentor! Your guidance and advice have been instrumental in my development as a game designer. I have had a lot of fun working with you and I am grateful for your mentorship.

- Siva Ridley
Alexandra Wilson's avatar

We loved working with Josh Sugarman! He inspired my son to learn about markets and how to think about investment parameters around companies. He tapped into my son's curiosity about brands he knows and loves. Thank you!

- Alexandra Wilson
kimberly goodwin's avatar

Elise was simply the best mentor! She kept my daughter engaged, she was motivating, and she pushed her to really explore her creative side. She learned so much in 3 months and looked forward to every session. Thank you!!

- kimberly goodwin
Jacob Domingo's avatar

Hi Steven, thanks for tutoring me for all this time I think that I have gotten a lot better throughout this process as you have helped me recognize and reinforce concepts that would later help me do good on my tests. - Jacob

- Jacob Domingo
Eva Woo's avatar

We are fortunate to be matched with Lula, who has been such a positive inspiration and influence to Phoebe's growth the past 7 months. Without Curious Cardinal, it'd be hard to imagine we can find a compatible mentor like lula.

- Eva Woo
Susan Kwok's avatar

Tom was a great mentor and helped my son with a summer YouTube video project and executive functioning throughout the school year. He was easy to communicate with and glad that he could serve as a role model for my son. Thank you!

- Susan Kwok
Nani Sarosa's avatar

Vas has been an awesome mentor to my daughter. She was able to help my daughter deepen her learning of the various physics concepts, thus helping her become a more confident learner in taking the AP exam. I can't thank Vas enough!

- Nani Sarosa
David Malek's avatar

Adelaide has been a true gift for our daughter - she managed to make a strong connection quickly, and tailored a program that is diverse and personalized in a truly engaging way. We're so happy our daughter gets to spend time with her!

- David Malek
Tori Humphrey's avatar

Hannah has been the perfect mentor for Hailey! Hannah has been supportive, helpful, friendly, and easy to communicate with. Hailey continues to want to work with her, even through summer, so I think that in itself is a huge testimonial! :)

- Tori Humphrey
Priya Baveja's avatar

Malik was super professional and inspiring. Aaditya mentioned Malik was always well-prepared and explained very well difficult to understand concepts. Aaditya really enjoyed his sessions and got more curious about the topics they discussed.

- Priya Baveja
NIMIT JAIN's avatar

Amazing journey Dadhmehr! Co-creating and solving a complex challenge takes immense courage and faith in oneself. Thanks for instilling this and transmitting "Can Do" attitude. Cannot wait to see how this progresses and change like of Musicians!

- NIMIT JAIN
Milan's mom's avatar

Andrew has been a phenomenal mentor. He has pivoted where needed and exposed Milan to new concepts and games that developed his interests in a new way. He has great ideas and is the perfect role model for our growing young man! Thank you, Andrew!

- Milan's mom
Judith's avatar

C will be starting at his fourth new school in 3 years this fall. Through it all, Hamzeh has been a grounding force; a familiar friendly face. Always cheerful, Hamzeh gently encourages C to be curious and optimistic through their builds together.

- Judith
Dorothy's avatar

My son, Dylan, has really enjoyed working with Steven this year. Seeing how excited he is in taking on and creating new projects and the enormous growth he's had in a short period of time has been wonderful. Dylan looks forward to every session with Steven!

- Dorothy
Nilou Davidov 's avatar

James is absolutely the best tutor one can wish for. He tutors both my kids 12 and 15 and they say they learn more from him than they learn in school (my daughter attends a rigorous college preparatory school). They both love working with him. He’s remarkable!

- Nilou Davidov
Rylan Patel's avatar

Daniel is an amazing mentor with patience, passion and intelligence. He has been a perfect match for Rylan. Rylan looks forward to continue to learn from Daniel about engineering concepts! We are so grateful for this opportunity to work with an amazing mentor.

- Rylan Patel
Jeffrey Clifford's avatar

Konstantin was a brilliant mentor for our 12 year old son. They delved into global finance and created a portfolio of companies as a vehicle for understanding ways of investing and analyzing companies. Konstantin encouraged our son to keep exploring. Thank you!

- Jeffrey Clifford
Quynh Nguyen's avatar

Morgan has been an incredible inspiration for our boys. They look forward to math with him every time, thanks to his creative games and engaging stories. His enthusiasm for the subject is contagious, and he has a gift for making learning both exciting and memorable.

- Quynh Nguyen
Melody Westervelt's avatar

Annalise has been such a warm and supportive person for our daughter to spend time with. We are very thankful she has a mentor who has taken the time to get to know her, and appreciates the unique, fun person that she is. Thank you, Annalise, for your time and effort.

- Melody Westervelt