Meet the Team

  • Liza Libes

    FOUNDER & CEO
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (BA)
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (MA)

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  • David Libes

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (BS)

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  • Dr. James Dunlea

    HEAD OF COLLEGE READINESS
    CORNELL UNIVERSITY (BS)
    NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (MS)
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (PHD)

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  • Maya Jodidio

    HEAD OF TUTORING
    BARNARD COLLEGE (BS)
    NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL (MD)

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  • Izzy Tanashian

    HEAD OF OPERATIONS
    THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL (BM)

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  • Rachel Bryant

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
    LEE UNIVERSITY (BA)

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  • Isabella De Santiago-Young

    GROWTH MARKETING SPECIALIST
    NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (BS)

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  • Rachael Ciccone

    MARKETING ANALYST
    MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (BA)

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  • Davit Gasparyan

    COLLEGE READINESS SPECIALIST
    UC BERKELEY (BA)
    HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MA)

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  • Dr. Andrea Fields

    COLLEGE READINESS SPECIALIST
    JOHNS HOPKINS (BA)
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (PHD)

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  • Alex Horn

    COLLEGE READINESS SPECIALIST
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (BA)


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  • Emily Brother

    COLLEGE READINESS SPECIALIST
    HARVARD UNIVERSITY (BA)
    SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY (JD)

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  • Jordan Amany

    COLLEGE READINESS SPECIALIST
    CORNELL UNIVERSITY (BS)



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  • Dr. Vicky Hioureas

    COLLEGE READINESS SPECIALIST
    UCLA (BA)
    UC IRVINE (MA)
    KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (MA)
    PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (PHD)

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  • Lilli Leight-Montague

    COLLEGE READINESS SPECIALIST
    UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (BA)
    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (MPHIL)
    HARVARD UNIVERSITY (ED.M)

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  • Allison Talker

    COLLEGE READINESS SPECIALIST
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (BA)
    UC BERKELEY (JD)


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  • Shariq Jumani

    COLLEGE & FINANCIAL AID SPECIALIST
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (BA)
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (MD)

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  • Andrew Jin

    COLLEGE & TUTORING SPECIALIST
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (BS)

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  • Alex Sobczynski

    TUTORING SPECIALIST
    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (BS)
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (MS)

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  • Karl Tayeb

    TUTORING SPECIALIST
    JOHNS HOPKINS (BS)
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (PHD)

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  • Heather Robinson

    ATHLETIC RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST
    DUKE UNIVERSITY (BA)
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY (JD)

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  • Danny Dontoh

    CAREER COACH
    UPENN WHARTON (BS)


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  • Angela Scates

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
    THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL (BM)


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About Us

In Latin, Invictus means “invincible.” Based in Houston, Invictus Prep is a female-owned academic and college readiness startup founded by two siblings who both worked extensively as tutors and identified a pervasive gap in student writing quality and overall academic preparation. Armed with an entrepreneurial mindset, they created a revolutionary curriculum where students could more methodically map out their futures through a holistic approach aimed to tackle all aspects of college readiness. We hope that through career coaching, writing prep, and even some life coaching along the way, your child will become a strong thinker and communicator to achieve anything his or her heart imagines. Through our program, students become invincible.