Mentoring by Adult Professionals

Lisa Barba is a highly skilled educator with a Master’s Degree in Education and a certification in Differentiation for Gifted Learners. With 16 years of educational experience, Ms. Barba has taught in both public and independent schools, both in-person and through virtual platforms, for numerous schools across the country.

One of her key strengths lies in her ability to form meaningful connections with her students and develop personalized curriculum that helps them reach their full potential. She is deeply committed to creating engaging and inclusive learning experiences that enhance students’ self-confidence and academic proficiency.

As a former teacher of SuperWisely Founder, Ariel Ganelis, Ms. Barba is thrilled to be a part of his brainchild! She is a support for the dozens of SuperWisely volunteer tutors: answering curriculum questions, suggesting resources, and providing strategies and techniques to increase impact.

Jon Jakobsen is a junior financial planner with two years of experience in the financial industry. He graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in Finance and a focus on Financial Planning. During his time at school, he gained a solid understanding of personal finance, investing, and retirement planning. Jon’s education gave him the skills needed to help people manage their money and plan for the future.

In his career so far, Jon has worked alongside senior financial advisors, learning how to create customized financial plans and offer investment advice. He focuses on understanding each client’s unique needs and helping them make smart financial decisions. With a mix of education and real-world experience, Jon is committed to helping clients reach their financial goals. Jon holds his Series 7 and 66 licenses, and currently helps service about 200 households.

Outside of the office, Jon enjoys spending time outdoors through hiking, skiing, intramural sports, and walking his labrador retriever.

Securities and insurance products are offered through Cetera Investment Services LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services are offered through Cetera Investment Advisers LLC. Cetera firms are under separate ownership from any other named entity.

Dr. Michelle Kelman is a pediatric dentist with advanced expertise in a large scope of pediatric dentistry including private practice, academia, and dentistry in a hospital setting She is a strong advocate for child health and for maintaining the integrity of the dental profession through ethical and conservative care.

Dr. Kelman received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Southern California. She is a recipient of the USC Behavioral Dentistry Award for Outstanding
Humanistic Qualities in the Treatment of Patients and the USC Award for Outstandin Achievement in Pediatric Dentistry. She completed her residency training in Pediatric Dentistry at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City in association with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

In addition to founding and being director and chief clinician of the Pediatric Dental Center in the Cedars Sinai Medical Towers, she has been on medical surgical staff at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center since 2008. She is a lecturer at the UCLA School of
Dentistry, Section of Pediatric Dentistry, and served as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the Herman Ostrow USC School of Dentistry. Additionally, she served as editor for the Los Angeles Dental Society. Focusing on multidisciplinary care for the pediatric patient and patients with special needs, Dr. Kelman has lectured and consulted internationally to general and pediatric dentists and pediatric physicians, on topics ranging from management of common pathology found in the pediatric patient to evidence based preventative and
conservative pediatric dental treatment.

With her advanced expertise in a large scope of pediatric and special needs dentistry in private practice, the operating room, and working with multidisciplinary teams, in addition to providing consults for her medical and dental colleagues, Dr. Kelman is on the medical expert team for whattoexpect.com.

Marika Fain is a 6th year associate in the White Collar Group at international law firm White & Case LLP.

She attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she received her Juris Doctor degree and the University of California, Santa Barbara where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

Dr. Sam is a Family Medicine Physician who has dedicated her life to service. After obtaining her MD from the University of Miami, she served in the U. S. Army as a General Medical Officer before moving to Atlanta. She then pursued a Masters of Public Health at Rollins School of Public Health and taught for over a decade at Emory School of Medicine. She currently practices as a medical consultant for the film and television industry.

Sam has been married to Dr. Christopher Parks, an Interventional Pulmonologist, for 26 years. They have raised two sons, George and Rex Parks, in the Buckhead community.  Sam is an active board member and volunteer for Childspring International, Fulton County Commission’s Veterans Empowerment Committee, and the Georgia Department of Veterans Services Foundation.

The Parks family enjoys hiking, kayaking, and SCUBA diving as well as international travel for medical missions.

After graduating from St. Petersburg Polytechnic University with a major in mathematics and physics, Vladimir completed a PhD in Solid State Physics at Physical Technical University, St. Petersburg. Soon after, he made a life-changing decision to immigrate to the United States, where he transitioned into a career in software development. Today, he works as a Software Engineering Manager at an insurance company, bringing over 20 years of experience in developing and managing innovative solutions for the auto insurance industry.

In addition to his professional career, he has extensive experience in tutoring, with a deep knowledge of mathematics and physics. Vladimir loves traveling the world with his wife and daughter, exploring new places and cultures. An animal lover, he believes that friendship is the most important part of life, enriching our journey with meaning and joy.

Doron Azrialy is a financial executive with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry.  He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration.  Additionally, he graduated from Boston College Law School.  During his time at school, he gained a solid understanding of various facets of different businesses.  Building on top of that, his law background further reinforced the business side of entertainment as well as some of the finer legal points.

He had a passion for entertainment ever since he was a child and consequently focused his career on entertainment but the business side of it.  Doron has worked for a variety of financial and entertainment companies including Ernst & Young, Warner Bros, CBS, NBC and Netflix.  Doron is surrounded by 3 lovely girls (his wife An and his two daughters Rachael and Kayal).  Doron is both a CPA and a JD.

Marjorie Zinman has been an English teacher and tutor for more than 25 years. She has worked with students from elementary school through college and has specialized in gifted education. Tutoring, for Marjorie, is a way to connect with the student, to learn his or her strengths and weaknesses. She advocates tailoring lessons and objectives that challenge the child while enabling him or her to grow as a student. Practicing and perfecting essential English skills, such as reading comprehension, vocabulary development, critical thinking, creative and analytical writing, and proofreading, enable the student to succeed throughout his education and throughout all disciplines.