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✦ Our Story · Serving Families Since 2001

About Success Tutoring Online

We’re Armando and Vicky, and for more than 25 years we’ve helped families like yours. Whether you want results or you want your child to truly learn, we match your student with the right educator to make it happen.

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Armando and Vicky, owners of Success Tutoring Online

Hi, we’re Armando and Vicky

We started Success Tutoring because we love helping students learn, and we’ve never stopped. Here’s a little about us.

I’m Armando, the oldest of four. I’ve been helping students learn for as long as I can remember, starting at home with my younger brother and sisters: homework, math, whatever they were stuck on. As a teenager I even taught both of my sisters to drive, in cars with manual transmissions. We still laugh about all the lurching before they finally got it smooth. I started college headed for medical school, then set that aside to help my family and build a career in private business, helping young companies grow and succeed. I helped take two small companies from fewer than 20 employees doing mostly local work to more than 150 operating nationwide. The whole time, I kept tutoring the children of co-workers whenever I saw a student struggling. I was good at it, and I found it deeply fulfilling.

I’m Vicky. I studied business and spent more than two decades at a private school in both Personnel and Admissions. Beyond the paperwork, I went out of my way to help parents find solutions for their children. Some families enrolled easily; others faced real obstacles. Instead of settling for only the easy enrollments, I got creative and found ways to help every family reach the goals they’d set for their children, sometimes by pointing them toward the right programs, services, or resources, including tutoring. I’ve always believed every family deserves that kind of care, and that belief is still at the heart of what we do.

A quarter century of helping students learn

We’ve served the Burbank community since 2001, working with students in grades 3 through 12 (public, private, and homeschool) along with college students and adult learners. For more than 25 years, our team of roughly two dozen experienced educators, most of them current and retired classroom teachers, has helped students gain ground in phonics, reading, writing, math at every level, science, SAT and ACT prep, AP courses, and more.

“Every student is different. We meet with you and your child first, then match your student with the right tutor so we can get real results.”Armando, owner
2001

We open in Burbank

Live, one-to-one tutoring for local students of every grade, plus college and adult learners.

2018

Demand outgrows our offices

With a full schedule and a long waiting list, we look for a way to reach more students without losing the one-to-one experience.

2019

We go interactive

We choose an online platform built for one-to-one tutoring: a shared whiteboard with live two-way video and audio.

2020

Ready when it mattered

When the pandemic arrived, our tested platform let students keep learning while other programs scrambled.

Today

We’re Success Tutoring Online

We serve students throughout the United States, still rooted in Burbank and still bringing on only the most effective educators.

Two kinds of families, one standard of care

Parents come to us for two reasons. Some of you need results: a grade turned around, a test score raised, an application strengthened. Others want your child to truly learn: to understand the material, build confidence, and enjoy the subject. We’re built for both, and most families want a little of each.

Families who want results

When your goal is a better grade, a higher SAT or ACT score, HSPT placement, or just getting unstuck before the next test, we match your child with a tutor who knows how to move the needle quickly.

Families who want to learn

When your goal is deeper understanding and lasting confidence, we slow down, fill the gaps, and help your child build a real grasp of the subject that carries into the next grade.

Why families trust us

Over 25 years of results

We’ve served Burbank, Glendale, Toluca Lake, and families nationwide since 2001.

Experienced educators

Roughly two dozen tutors, most of them current and retired classroom teachers.

4.9 stars from 66+ reviews

Real families, real outcomes, year after year.

Approved charter vendor

We’re authorized for Blue Ridge Academy and Sage Oak Charter Schools.

ALEKS PPL authorized

We’re one of a small number of providers cleared to administer the ALEKS PPL math placement assessment outside a college or university.

Live and one to one

Every session runs on an interactive whiteboard with two-way video and audio, with a real teacher in real time.

Summer review that keeps kids ahead

During the summer we also run individualized math and language arts review workshops for students in grades 3 through 6. They help your child hold on to what they learned the previous year so they start the next one ahead and full of confidence.

Common questions about us

How long has Success Tutoring Online been in business?
We’ve served families since 2001, more than 25 years. We started in Burbank, California and now tutor students across the United States, all live and one to one.
Who owns Success Tutoring Online?
We’re Armando and Vicky, longtime Burbank educators and entrepreneurs, and we own and run Success Tutoring Online together. Armando spent years helping companies grow while tutoring on the side, and Vicky spent more than two decades in private school admissions and personnel.
Where is Success Tutoring Online located?
Our headquarters is at 1825 W. Verdugo Ave., Burbank, CA 91506. We serve families in Burbank, Glendale, Toluca Lake, and the surrounding area, and because our tutoring is online and one to one, we also work with students throughout the country.
What makes Success Tutoring Online different?
Two things. Our tutors are experienced educators, mostly current and retired classroom teachers, and we match each student to a tutor by need rather than by whoever happens to be free. We meet with your family first, then pair your student with the tutor who fits.
Do you tutor online, in person, or both?
All of our tutoring is live and online, one to one, on an interactive whiteboard with two-way video and audio. Your child works from home with a real teacher in real time, the same experience our students had in our tutoring center for years.

No Matter the Subject or Student, We Can Help

Learning should be fun, let’s make it so!

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