MARK ANESTIS was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has lived in Connecticut since the age of six. He graduated from Weston High School in Weston, Connecticut, in 1993 and attended Yale University. While taking science courses in preparation for medical school, he earned a bachelor’s degree cum laude in economics. He attended the University of Connecticut School of Medicine for two years and passed the step 1 boards, then chose to redirect his energy toward educating students in a one-on-one environment. He is the founder and director of The Learning Edge, a tutoring company based in Hamden, Connecticut (www.thelearningedge.net). Since January 2000, he has been tutoring high school students all over the globe (online) in math, the sciences, and standardized test preparation (including the SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Tests).
In addition to this review book, he has coauthored McGraw Hill’s SAT, McGraw Hill’s PSAT/NMSQT, and McGraw Hill’s 12 SAT Practice Tests and PSAT. The author also created the DAILY WORD app (thedailywordapp.net), which allows students to build better vocabularies! The app is available on the App Store.
KELCEY BURRIS is originally from Vancouver, Washington. He earned his bachelor’s in biology at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, and his master’s in education from Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. He started teaching at Gulf Coast High School in Naples, Florida, in 1999. Kelcey opened Palmetto Ridge High School in 2004 as the science chair before relocating with his family back to Vancouver. He has been the science chair at Union High School since it opened in 2007 and is still there today, teaching AP Biology and AP Computer Science Principles. He has taught AP Biology for 20 years and is an active AP Reader. Kelcey is an AP Biology Consultant for the College Board, training teachers all over the United States and the world, including Guam and Chengdu and Shanghai, China. He enjoys spending time with his daughter and wife.