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Jamie Keyte
Founder & CEO
Manhattan - Hamptons - Remote
Jamie Keyte founded Manhattan Mandarin in 2012. A native New Yorker, Jamie attended St. Bernard’s,Trinity, and Kenyon College.
Jamie has taught over 5000 hours of private lessons, established the after school Mandarin programs at 30+ schools, subbed at Collegiate, Spence, and Dalton, and was the Mandarin 1 teacher at Trinity...learn more!
Book a time to chat with Jamie about your or your child's path to fluency!
Michael Morrise
Branch Manager
Salt Lake City - Northern Utah - Remote
Michael Morrise is a professional Mandarin Chinese tutor based in Salt Lake City with hundreds of hours of private and group Mandarin tutoring experience. Michael founded Manhattana Mandarin SLC after four years of teaching Mandarin in NYC.
Michael is available for in-person and remote private Mandarin classes in Salt Lake City. Feel free to email him at michael@manhattanmandarin.com.
Michelle Tomizawa
COO
Manhattan
Michelle was born in Beijing. She is a native Mandarin speaker and is also fluent in English and Japanese. At five years old, she began formal training in Voice and Piano in Beijing.
Later, she received her B.S. in Accounting from Kean University and Rutgers University, New Jersey. Then, she moved to Tokyo, Japan with her family and studied the Japanese language at Takusoyoko University, Tokyo.
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Michael Morrise is a professional Mandarin Chinese tutor based in Salt Lake City with hundreds of hours of experience providing Mandarin Chinese lessons. Michael founded Manhattan Mandarin SLC in 2025 after four great years of teaching Mandarin in NYC. He has run the after-school Mandarin programs at St. Bernard's, Riverdale Country School, and many more independent and public schools in New York. He grew up in Salt Lake City, where he attended Highland High School. He served a Latter-day Saint mission in Taiwan for two years and majored in Chinese Language and Literature at Brigham Young University.
Michael is greatly suited for helping beginner and non-native speakers tackle their early Mandarin challenges while making lessons fun. He is available for in-person, in-office, and remote private Mandarin lessons in Salt Lake City and throughout Northern Utah.
Teaches In: Northern Utah / Remote
Jamie Keyte
Founder and Mandarin Tutor
Teaches In: New York / Remote
Jamie Keyte is a Mandarin tutor based in New York City. Jamie founded Manhattan Mandarin in 2012. A native New Yorker, Jamie attended The St. Bernard’s and Trinity Schools. He graduated from Kenyon College with a BA in Internationals Studies. In 2008, Jamie studied abroad where he completed an intensive Mandarin language program at CET in Shanghai. Upon graduating, Jamie ran high school educational tours in both China and the United States. In 2010, Jamie decided to further enhance his Mandarin skills and completed a second intensive language program in Beijing. This led him to a job at Thomson Reuters, where he became the China Project Manager for a Thomson Reuters’ subsidiary. During this time, Jamie developed the concept for Manhattan Mandarin and co-founded IvyGate, a Beijing-based SAT tutoring and high school/college application company. In 2019, Jamie returned to Trinity to run the Mandarin 1 program. He continues to run Manhattan Mandarin at its new New York headquarters at 153 E 70th. He has taught 10,000+ hours of private Mandarin lessons.
Coco Mack
Mandarin Tutor
Teaches In: Salt Lake Valley / Remote
Coco has a lifelong love for learning languages and speaks 4 altogether (English, Mandarin, German, and Spanish)! During her undergraduate studies, Coco lived abroad in Taiwan for a year and a half, absorbing the language and culture, and developing a deep appreciation for the incredible food (dumplings, scallion pancakes, beef noodle soup, taro stuffed wheel cakes, and mango shaved ice to name a few!). After graduating from Brigham Young University with a degree in Media Arts and a minor in German, Coco completed a masters program at the University of Utah in World Languages with an emphasis in Chinese teaching. During her graduate program she studied abroad in China at Nankai University in Tianjin for a Chinese language summer program, and also attended a program for teachers who are non-native Chinese speakers at Minzu University in Beijing as a Fulbright-Hays scholarship recipient.
Coco taught first grade Chinese immersion for 5 years before moving to New York City where she taught Chinese as an extracurricular class in kindergarten through fifth grade. She has since returned to the immersion classroom in Utah. Coco enjoys seeing her students grow and delight in their language abilities. As a non-native speaker, she understands the challenges of learning Chinese, and she uses her own experiences to support and encourage her students on their language learning journeys. Coco also coached the elementary school Dragon Dance Team, working with students to perform at the annual community Lunar New Year Celebration.
Apart from languages, Coco also loves hiking and camping, birdwatching, dogs, and making tiny animals out of polymer clay.
Bryce Christiansen
Mandarin Tutor
Bryce Christiansen is a Freshman at Brigham Young University currently studying Chinese. He recently returned from a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in California where he learned Mandarin. He currently teaches Chinese part-time at the Missionary Training Center in Provo. Bryce has a deep love for learning and wants to help others develop a love for the Chinese language and culture.
Teaches In: Utah County / Remote
Kate Coffin
Mandarin Tutor
Teaches In: Remote Online
Kate Coffin is a freshman at BYU. She was born in Shanghai and lived there for 10 years. Kate earned a 5 on the AP Chinese exam as a sophomore in high school, as well as a 6 on the IB Chinese exam as a senior. She has years of Chinese tutoring experience and is uniquely qualified to help your student earn a high score on the AP Chinese test.
