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JAY RESH
Director
Advantage Testing of Houston

Ph.D. and M.S. in Physics, University of Houston. Graduate of Princeton University. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics program. NASA Space Grant Fellow. Sigma Pi Research Honor Society Award for thesis research at Rice University. Member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. Accomplished clarinetist for the Princeton University Orchestra. Avid cyclist. Tutor of SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests in Math, Chemistry, and Physics, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, MCAT, and academic Math, Science, and Writing Skills.

Hena Bajwa
J.D., South Texas College of Law. Graduate of Northwestern University. B.S. in Economics. National Merit Finalist. Served as volunteer tutor for Louisiana Charter School Association in New Orleans. Legal experience includes corporate tax and intellectual property litigation. Volunteer for Houston Area Women’s Center and Child Advocates of Houston. Fluent in Urdu. Interests include cooking, viola performance, and travel. Tutor of LSAT, SAT, ACT, ISEE and academics subjects.

Elizabeth Bradley
B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in Public Administration, minor in Theology, University of St. Thomas. Dean’s list, member Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society. Studied abroad in Italy. Interests include travel, sport (especially baseball), ballet and jazz dance, animals, and crafts. Proctor. Tutor of the ISEE.

Romy Cassack
Graduate of Drake University. M.A. in Journalism, B.A. in English with a minor in Psychology . M.A.T. in progress at University of Houston. Texas Certified Teacher in Language Arts 6-12 with 9 years private school experience. Subjects taught include Reading, Computer Literacy, Journalism, and Creative Writing. Interests: reading, music, traveling, and cooking. Tutor of SAT, PSAT, SAT, ACT, ISEE, SSAT, and academic subjects.

Garvin Gaston
Graduate of Emory University. B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Mathematics. Three years' private school experience. Subjects taught include Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2. Organized student art auction in February 2010, which raised over $8000 for Haitian earthquake relief. Extensive travel in East Africa, including three months working for a safari company in Tanzania. Skates with Houston Roller Derby. Interests include short fiction writing, travel, flying, and wade fishing. Tutor of PSAT, SAT, and academic subjects.

Domingo Gonzalez
B.S. in Finance from MIT (Sloan School of Management). Scored a perfect 800 on the Math SAT. Served as teaching assistant at MIT. Fluent in Spanish. Currently teaching math at an HISD middle school. Interests include sports, billiards, writing, and music. Tutor of the ISEE, SAT, ACT and academic Spanish, Math, and Science.

Jasmine L. Jenkins
Cum Laude graduate of Loyola College in Maryland. B.A. in Political Science and Spanish. Foreign Study at the University of Alcalá in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Chaired Loyola College Honor Council. Recipient of the John D. O'Bryant Think Tank National Scholarship. Recognized in Whos Who Among Students in American Universities. Bilingual 4th grade teacher in the Alief Independent School District. Fluent in Spanish. Interests include travel, reading, theatre, and music. Tutor of the ISEE, SAT, and academic Spanish, Literature, Grammar, and Writing.

Cyndi Jones
Ph.D., Victorian Literature, 19th American Literature and Medieval Literature, University of Tulsa; M.S. in College Teaching and English, Northeastern State University. Graduate of Northeastern State University. B.A. in English Education. Designed and instructed grammar courses at the Court Reporting Institute of Houston. Instructed grammar, composition, and reading courses at Tulsa Community College and Northeastern State University. Interests include reading, movies, theater, and animals. Tutor of SAT, ACT Reading, Writing, and Science, and academic Literature, Grammar, and Writing.

Dejan Krunic
M.S. in Structural Engineering, Stanford University. Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Arkansas. B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Tutored students with special needs and learning differences at University of Arkansas. Stanford Graduate Fellow. Tutored and taught academic subjects at Stanford University. Professional engineer and strategy/risk consultant. Part-time horse trainer and riding instructor. Volunteer social worker. Interests include decision sciences, international relations, travel, and horse breeding and training. Tutor of SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests in Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, US History, and World History, SSAT, ISEE, GRE, GMAT, and academic Math, Statistics, Science, Grammar, and Writing.

Kelly McDowell
Graduate of Princeton University. B.A. in Latin American History. Letterman in Varsity Basketball. Texas Certified Teacher with 13 years' public and private school experience. Teacher of the Year, Burnet Elementary (HISD). 3 years' international teaching experience (Managua, Nicaragua). High School Varsity and Middle School basketball coach. Fluent in Spanish. Interests: sports, guitar and music, reading, meteorology, outdoors, traveling, and history. Tutor of SAT, PSAT, SAT Subject Tests, ACT, ISEE, SSAT, and academic subjects.

Jason Mishaw
Graduate of Rice University. B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, B.A. in Economics. National Merit Finalist and AP scholar with distinction. Interests include Accounting, Finance, football, basketball, and backpacking. Received perfect scores on Biology, Chemistry, US History, Modern European History, English Language, English Literature, Latin:Vergil AP exams. Tutor of SAT, PSAT, ACT, SAT subject tests in Math, Biology, and Chemistry, academic math and science.

Rebekah Rivera
Graduate of the University of Texas. B.A. in Spanish. Completed pre-med program. Foreign study at University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) and at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Italy). Fluent in Spanish and Italian. Interests include reading, art, theater, and music. Tutor of SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests in Math, Biology, Literature, and Spanish, SSAT, ISEE, and academic Math, Science, Spanish, Grammar, and writing.

Greg Stone
Ph.D. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University. Graduate of Kenyon College. B.A. in Chemistry. William Keller Memorial Scholarship. Distinguished Scholar Award Scholarship. Deans list. Played varsity basketball and football. Tutor of SAT, ACT, and academic Math and Science.

Katherine Wingfield
J.D., Cum Laude, University of Houston; M.P.H., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; B.A., Economics, summa cum laude, Loyola University, New Orleans. Served as President and Coordinator of tutoring activities for Residential Life Tutoring Services at Loyola University. Former member of the New Orleans Symphony Chorus. Worked as the Ethics Intern at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Interests include choral music, reading, bioethics. Tutor of SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Test in Biology, and academic Biology and Writing.

Jarek Zborowski
Ph.D. and M.S. in Physics, University of Houston. Graduate of the University of Houston. B.S. in Physics, minors in Math and Philosophy. National Deans List. Golden Key National Honor Society. Research scientist, University of Houston Semiconductor Physics Lab. Physics lecturer, University of Houston. Instructor, Emery/Weiner High School, Houston. Tutor of SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests in Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, US History, and World History, GRE, GMAT, MCAT, and academic Math, Science, and World History.

Mark Zee
Graduate of Princeton University. BA in History, Certificate in Finance. Member of the Princeton University Swim Team, Team Captain and All-American in high school. International teaching experience with Princeton-in-Asia Fellowship. Business lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore). International studies in Chinese, National Taiwan University. National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society, Minnesota Stat HS League AAA Award-Winner. Star and host of Singapore television shows. Interests include sports, music, travel, animal welfare. Tutor of SAT, PSAT, SAT Subject Tests, ACT, academic Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.