Digital Media Tutors
Meet the R&ID Team
Alex Merkowitz
Digital Media Tutor
he/him
Class: 2025
Major: Economics
Expertise: Photoshop, InDesign
Alya MacDonald
Senior Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2025
Major: studio art, biology
Expertise: Photoshop, Premiere, large format printing, cameras!
Clare Robinson
she/her
Class: 2025
Major: Sociology and Environmental Studies
Expertise: Photoshop, WordPress, Lightroom, film developing and scanning
Cooper Xu
Digital Media Tutor
he/him
Class: 2025
Major: Computer Science and Economics
Expertise: Premiere Pro, C++, Python, HTML, CSS
dani bernstein
Digital Media Intern
he/theyClass: 2024
Major: Art
Expertise: Photoshop, Illustrator, WordPress, InDesign, Python, visual literacy, digital art and design
Daren Hua
Digital Media Tutor
he/him
Class: 2025
Major:Mathematics
Expertise: Blender, Photoshop, web development
Gabriel Bit-Babik
Digital Media Tutor
he/him
Class: 2025
Major: Public Policy
Expertise: Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Audition, Ableton Live, Audacity, OBS, WordPress, Microsoft Suite
Gael Javier
Digital Media Tutor
he/him/his
Class: 2026
Major: Theatre
Expertise: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder, Photoshop
Isa Khan
Senior Digital Media Tutor
he/him/his
Class: 2026
Major: Undeclared
Expertise: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Audacity
Jack Kertscher
Digital Media Tutor
he/him
Class: 2026
Major: Undeclared
Expertise: CAD modeling, 3D printing, Photoshop, Illustrator, C++, Python
John George Freiré Crespo
Digital Media Intern
he/him/his
Class: 2026
Major: Computer Science
Expertise: Python, C++, WordPress, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, film camera repair, film developing and scanning
Julia Brous
Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2024
Major: Sociology
Expertise: Illustrator, Premiere Pro
Juliana Henderson
Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2026
Major: Undeclared
Expertise: Photoshop, Premiere
Kate Bondarenko
Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2024
Major: Computer Science
Expertise: Premiere Pro, Photoshop,Audition, Python, Java, C++, Wordpress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, LaTeX
Kien Tran
Senior Digital Media Tutor
he/him/his
Class: 2025
Major: Computer Science, Mathematics
Expertise: Photoshop, Illustrator, Python, Unity
Lee Casstevens
Digital Media Tutor
he/him/his
Class: 2026
Major: Undeclared
Expertise: Premiere Pro, digital video cameras, audio equipment
Markos Lissarrague
Digital Media Tutor
he/him/his
Class: 2025
Major: Digital Design: Reimagining Two and Three-Dimensional Spaces
Expertise: Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Illustrator
Miley Xu
Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2025
Major: Art
Expertise: Illustrator, Procreate, Photoshop
Mina Stevens
all pronouns
Class: 2026
Major: Undeclared
Expertise: Ableton, Audacity, MuseScore, Animation, 3D Design and Printing (Blender, Womp, Tinkercad), Unity, Illustrator
Olivia Otuska
Digital Media Intern
she/her
Class: 2024
Major: Environmental Studies
Expertise: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, WordPress
Tim Zhang
Digital Media Tutor
Class: 2024
Major: Undeclared
Expertise: Premiere, Photoshop, SPSS
Yunhai (Oliver) Zhao
Digital Media Intern
he/him
Class: 2024
Major: Psychology and Environmental Studies
Expertise: Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Audacity, InDesign, Illustrator, 3D printing, photo mechanics
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