Meet the Team

Dawn Minke
Owner and Math Tutor
Teacher and tutor for the past 20 years, Dawn has received numerous teaching honors including Secondary Teacher of the Year for Keller ISD in 2007. She has taught everything from Algebra 1 through Calculus and prides herself on helping kids learn, gain confidence, and even begin to love math again.

Nicole Black
Math Tutor
Nicole is our AP Statistics guru and was the KISD AP Teacher of the Year in 2008. She has taught stats for ten years in Keller and Denton and has a positivity and assurance about her that helps instill confidence in her students. She knows what AP graders like to see and we are so happy she is working with us.
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Michael Dix
Math Tutor
Michael has taught/tutored for over 10 years in KISD and BISD. He will be our sole Calculus tutor as well as working with precal this year. An amazing teacher and tutor, we are excited to have him join M&M.

Melissa Sherman
Math Tutor
Melissa has taught at Birdville HS for years and is joining us for her third with M&M where she will tutor Alg 1 and 2! Loved by her students and teachers, she has a special way to connect to our kids.

Daniel Nelson
Math Tutor
Dan's reputation as a teacher/coach in KISD is second to none. A current teacher/administrator at the collegiate academy, we are thrilled he chose to work with M&M this year where he will help our Geometry and Alg 1 students.

Claire Rothe
Math Tutor
Claire is a current high school teacher in Keller where she can do almost any math but specializes in Alg 2 and Precal. We are excited to have her back for small group tutoring again this year!

Shelley Hawkins
Chemistry Tutor
Shelley has taught for many years in KISD including experience as the science department chair at TCHS and a science level lead for the district. She is our Chemistry tutor and has found a way to make the science fun and engaging for her students. She is a former teacher of the year in KISD and we are lucky to have her in the M&M family.

Leslie Salazar
Physics Tutor
Leslie has taught Physics at TCHS for the past few years and is our sole Physics tutor. Her energy and enthusiasm for science is contagious for our students and we are grateful to have her on the team.

Kayla Molina
Math Tutor
Kayla has been with M&M for several years and was the 2019-2020 KISD Secondary Teacher of The Year! She will specialize in private sessions in almost all math subject. Molina is a rock star!

Claire Hinkle
Math Tutor
Claire was the 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year at Southlake Carroll. This will be her sixth year tutoring Algebra and Geometry with us, and this year she will focus on private sessions. We are so fortunate to have her on the team!

Nicole Volk
Math Tutor
Nicole has years of experience at both the middle school and high school levels. She has a way of connecting the material to all types of learners and is joining us for a fifth year, where she will focus on private tutoring with any level of Algebra out there.