2025-2026 Hanlin Institute Tutoring and Club Team
At the heart of every great community is a group of young minds committed to growing, giving, and going beyond. The Hanlin Institute Tutoring and Club Program is more than just a tutoring and club program or extracurricular hub — it’s a movement. A movement where students support each other, challenge limits, and rise together.
Founded on the belief that education thrives in collaboration, our team of passionate tutors and driven student leaders offers peer-to-peer academic support, mentorship, and enrichment opportunities that spark curiosity and confidence. This is the space where you’ll find your potential — and help others find theirs.
Join us in creating a culture of excellence, empathy, and empowerment. Because when students teach, lead, and inspire each other, the results go far beyond the classroom.
Together, we learn. Together, we lead. Welcome to our program.
Join us to explore, learn and grow!
Ryan Lu, President of Hanlin Institute Tutoring and Club Program
Ryan Lu is a junior at American High School. His hobbies include chess, playing piano, and studying mathematics. He self studied Calculus and is particularly into solving Number Theory and Discrete Math problems. He also achieved a chess.com rating of 2200 ELO. He loves to connect with others by sharing classical music, from older adults to Gen Z. In his free time, he likes to listen to music and go to amusement parks. He has been leading HI Math Club and Music Club since 2023.
Aaron Xiao, VP of Hanlin Institute Tutoring and Club Program
Aaron is an incoming freshman at AVHS who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout middle school. He is passionate about swimming and trains daily. A skilled programmer, he enjoys coding in Python, Java, and C++, and is actively preparing for the USACO competitions.. He offers free online Python lessons to beginner students across the San Francisco Bay Area. Aaron is also a musician, playing the saxophone in his middle school’s Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble. He volunteered to design and build the website for the HI Super Brain Club, where he also taught. Additionally, he leads the HI International Online English Tutoring and Music Volunteer Program. Aaron is eager to continue contributing to the Hanlin community by sharing his knowledge in areas such as chess, coding, mathematics, and beyond.
Felix Xie, VP of Hanlin Institute Tutoring and Club Program
Felix is an incoming 9th grader at Saratoga high school. He earned a 4.0 GPA in 8th grade. Felix has many hobbies, including swimming, playing the viola, skiing, and coding. He has been part of a competitive swimming club for four years and attends daily swimming practice for two hours, five times a week. He has been the first chair of the viola in his middle school orchestra for two years. Playing in an orchestra has helped him develop teamwork and leadership skills. He has studied Python for one year and is preparing for the USACO Bronze exam. Academically, he is especially interested in STEM and history. He enjoys solving challenging problems and learning how things work. Felix is passionate about tutoring in subjects like math, science, and history, and he enjoys helping other students feel more confident and capable. He also leads the HI English Tutoring Volunteer Program.
Andrew Xiao, Senior Advisor of Hanlin Institute Tutoring & Club Team
Andrew has been a great contributor to building up the Hanlin Institute Tutoring Program from scratch in 2020. Before Andrew joined Hanlin Institute Tutoring Program, he had obtained the Gold Presidential Award for his previous volunteer service. Andrew continued to be a volunteer tutor and intern of both Python For Beginners, Rubik’s Cube classes, Machine Learning Introduction with Python in 2021 and 2022 . His students expressed their sincere appreciation for his patient and enthusiastic teaching and detailed fun presentation.
Andrew is studying Computer Science at Purdue University Honors College. He has a diversity of computer science experiences, including AVBotz, PLTW Gateway, ACE Coding, AI and Machine Learning and USACO. He also published two research journal paper on utilizing machine learning models. He likes listening to music, making videos, swimming and working out.
Ken Mori, Senior Advisor of Hanlin Institute Tutoring & Club Team
Ken Mori is studying Computer Science at Purdue University and has been a part of Hanlin Institute since 2021. Before he joined Hanlin Institute, Ken received the President's Gold Volunteer Medal and the Community Hero Service Award. Ken has started coding ever since he was in 2nd grade, participating in the Khan Academy's Hour of Code. He is the software captain for his school's robotics team, which has won numerous awards and many competitions in First Tech Challenge(FTC).
Ken has been teaching Python and Java introduction and intermediate classes since 2019; he is also a main coding teacher at CodeNinjas, a kids code learning center, leading multiple camps such as Python, MakeCode, Lego Robotics, and 3D Printing from elementary to middle school students. All his students cherished his passionate and fun teaching style while exercising their newfound programming skills. He has participated in a wide variety of computer science activities, such as Machine Learning and AI, Breadboards, USACO, and ASCL. As the president of his school's 3D printing club, he organized community activities to provide local doctors with their 3D printed face masks during COVID. Ken is very excited to teach at Hanlin Institute and is looking forward to working with students. In his pastimes, he likes to play basketball, tennis and photography.
Yilin Fang, Advisor of Hanlin Institute Tutoring & Club Team
Yilin Fang is studying Pre-med at UCLA. She graduated Los Gatos High School. Since 2020, she’s spent many hours in the lab conducting rigorous research in the field of medicine and drug synthesis. She has also participated in her school leadership, working with 12 other students to organize events such as school fundraisers, dances, and rallies.
As Hanlin Tutoring President, she has taught both private and group lessons in elementary school English. Beyond tutoring, she also created bonding activities for our students, including contests and shows. She plays competitive tennis at a varsity high school level. Having done more than three years of Speech and Debate, she’s honed her writing and public speaking skills. Despite her busy schedule, She ensures that she leaves a few hours for her family over the weekends, from hiking to playing with her dog. She also loves to hang out with her siblings and likes reading manga, watching anime, and enjoying k-drama.