About Us

Who We Are

Guiding Bright Futures

MICAA independent educational tutors are a group of experienced schoolteachers that each list certifications, degrees, and extensive training to thrive in this education field.

We find that when students understand how educational concepts apply to their daily lives, they learn to appreciate and often begin to enjoy thinking through problems, looking for patterns, and reasoning logically to come up with solutions.

Our students benefit from a completely personalized educational program that increases engagement during the learning process, fosters academic improvement, and develops critical thinkers.

We created MICAA through our passion for educating children.

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Meet the Team

Our experienced professional tutors provide personalized academic materials with proven strategies that develop the essential education skills. Working individually with each learner, our tutors guide young learners through the process to tackle educational challenges on their own which builds habits of success and foster a love of learning.

Alissa Katada, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA

Owner

Alissa
Cari Yamafuji, RBT

Tutor

Denise Uyeki

RBT

Denise
Gina Ebato, RBT

Tutor

Gina Embato
Gina N., CDA

Tutor

Kylie Pastrana

Preschool Assistant Teacher

Alissa

Alissa Katada, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA

Owner

Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Licensed Behavior Analyst, Autism Consulting Teacher.

Bachelor’s degree in education from UH Manoa, Master’s degree from Chaminade University, and behavior analyst degree from Florida Institute of Technology. Alissa has been working w/ DOE for the last 17 years.

Cari Yamafuji, RBT

Tutor

Registered Behavior Technician and Austism Consulting Teacher that has worked with special education in public schools since 1996.

Graduated in education from University of Irvine with a post graduate certificate from UH Manoa. 3 years of intensive training w/ autism partnership and have operated the model autism classroom for various Hawaii schools.

Denise

Denise Uyeki

RBT

Gina Embato

Gina Ebato, RBT

Tutor

Registered Behavior Technician and Autism Consulting Teacher with a Master’s degree in general education K-6 and special education in K-12 (severe autism). Gina has been a special education teacher for 7 years and a autism consulting teacher for 16 years.

Gina N., CDA

Tutor

Educational Assistant within DOE in various Special Educational classrooms for over 5 years before enjoying her role as a CDA (Child Development Associate) licensed pre-school teacher at a private preschool for the last 10 years. Also providing her Kindergarten Prep expertise for kindergarten readiness & private school testing through MICAA tutoring.

Kylie Pastrana

Preschool Assistant Teacher

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