Teachers, first.

Our founder

Satoshi Suga is the founder of Trusted Network and brings over 15 years of experience in education to his work as an academic coach and mentor. Over more than a decade he has guided hundreds of students toward top universities.

Before transitioning into education, Satoshi worked in research and development as an electrical and systems engineer. His passion for teaching led him to pursue graduate studies in science education at Stanford, where he shifted his career toward student-centered learning and academic coaching. His teaching repertoire is eclectic, spanning private SAT and AP-level tutoring in STEM and foreign language subjects, preparation for Certificate of Merit piano evaluations, and advising engineering master’s students on capstone theses.

He has been recognized as a Fellow by the Knowles Teacher Initiative and the Exploratorium Teacher Institute, and he serves on the Executive Alumni Board for the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Satoshi is also a two-time recipient of the Stanford Associates Award (2022, 2024), which honors alumni for outstanding volunteer service.

Outside the classroom, Satoshi enjoys rowing, playing volleyball, and composing and performing music.

Our Admissions Partner. Jose Magaña leads the admissions practice alongside our founder. A Harvard economics graduate with an MBA from Yale, Jose served in Stanford University’s Office of Undergraduate Admission as an admission officer and Assistant Director of Admissions, and led student and family programs supporting thousands of applicants at the Hispanic Scholarship Fund for nearly a decade.

In an engagement, Jose is the insider’s read: how admissions officers actually evaluate files, and what that means for your student’s. Education: Harvard University, B.A., Economics; Yale School of Management, M.B.A.

The network. Alongside them works a small bench of educators and counselors who trained at Harvard, MIT, Pomona, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Yale, and who have taught and advised in some of the most demanding schools in the United States.

What we hold ourselves to. Independence: we are independent of every university; no school pays us and none endorses us. Authorship: students author their own work, always; we coach and edit as teachers do, and we never ghostwrite. Confidentiality: we publish no admit rates or client names; your family’s business stays your family’s business.