Teachers

All of the instructors at Omega Teaching have graduated from one of the top universities in the country and have had high-paying jobs in various industries. Omega teachers know what it takes to succeed both academically and professionally. Please meet a few of our qualified teachers.

Jennifer Tsay -- CEO and Academic Director
Jennifer is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University with degrees in English and Quantitative Economics. She has also lived overseas in Asia and Europe, including study at the University of Barcelona, Spain. After receiving her J.D. from Harvard Law School, she worked for several well-known Bay Area law firms. As a mother of 3 elementary school children, she is an active classroom volunteer and currently coordinates and teaches an art enrichment program at her children's Spanish immersion school. She also has experience tutoring English to non-native speakers from children to adults.

Michael Lazich -- Chief Operating Officer
Michael is a graduate of the University of California at Davis with a BS in Applied Physics/Minor in Mathematics, and MS in Applied Science. He received his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, with concentrations in Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management. He is a senior leader and executive in the technology industry, with over fifteen years of cross-functional experience and a strong track record in management consulting, strategy, operations management, technology/engineering leadership, and team management roles. With multiple publications and patents in the area of optical technology, Michael also teaches and tutors students of all levels, from middle school through university, in mathematics, science and computer programming.

Chris Sanchez
Christopher graduated from Cornell University with a Masters in Biomedical Engineering. He also holds BAs in Integrative Biology and Economics from UC Berkeley. Chris has over 10 years of experience teaching and tutoring students of diverse cultural, linguistic, and educational backgrounds. He has served as a Engineering and Sports Medicine teaching assistant at Cornell and UC Berkeley, respectively, and has tutored for UC Berkeley's Biology Scholars Program. Chris has also tutored for many Bay Area tutoring companies, and has taught for Berkeley's Upward Bound, a high school outreach program targeting at-risk inner-city high school students.

Jessica Miles
Jessica received her Bachelors degree in Psychology from Northwestern. She also holds a Masters degree and is pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a focus on Counseling. Jessica has served in a variety of roles including therapeutic counselor, childcare provider, recruitment counselor, camp counselor, mentor, and biochemistry laboratory assistant. Furthermore, she has tutored students of all ages at a children's hospital.

Annika Todd
Annika graduated summa cum laude from UC Berkeley with a BA in both Economics and Molecular & Cell Biology. She is currently working toward a PhD in Economics at Stanford, with a focus on experimental financial markets. She has been tutoring and teaching pre-calculus, single and multi-variable calculus, linear algebra, statistics, and economics classes for five years.

Ayla Nereo
Ayla graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Italian language. She has had extensive tutoring and mentoring experience with students from grades 2 through 12, in both one-on-one private tutoring settings and with tutoring groups such as Ravenswood Reads. Ayla has a strong background in writing, reading, general humanities, and social sciences, and has also tutored students in math, English language, organization and study skills.