As incoming director of LBR, Garrett brings with him over 30 years experience as a classroom teacher and teacher trainer to Let’s Be Ready. Having worked exclusively with recently arrived immigrants/refugee students from Latin America (and beyond), Garrett brings leadership, frontline experience and empathy to the mission of educating PreK and K students in the Guatemalan countryside. 

As an educator in the field of ESL, Janice has always had a tremendous interest in other cultures. After volunteering with indigenous cultures for many years, she co-founded the nonprofit, Project Quetzal, which collaborated with Let’s Be Ready and set up preschools in rural Mayan communities in Sololá. Janice knows firsthand the importance of helping the indigenous children gain access to education and develop skills to effect changes in their lives and communities. She admires the resourcefulness and generosity of the Maya people and is grateful to be able to continue creating more opportunities through Let’s Be Ready.

Retired public school teacher of 34 years and as  frequent traveler to Guatemala since the late 1980s to the present,  will help him bring a wealth experience,  in an advisory position, to the Lets Be Ready organization.
In 2012, Fred Zambroski, the founder of Lets Be Ready , met with John and his family in a restaurant in Antigua, where they were handing off some books for the program. By the end of the meal , the Reed family was hooked on helping Lets Be Ready, and have adopted and supported two classrooms since that time. Johns annual trip to visit his classrooms and many other Lets Be Ready classrooms gives him a hands on, and from the ground up perspective on both the needs of potential and Lets Be Ready.
John resides in Houston Texas with his wife, Lisa, and 21-year-old twin girls, Audre and Sophia, Reed

Mr. Reed has a long history of volunteering for charitable and civic organizations. A graduate of Columbia University, he commenced working for PriceWaterhouse &Co in New York. He transferred to the Houston Office in 1967; spent two years on tour in Hong Kong and then returned to Houston
Two of the organizations he volunteered for were a City of Houston program to mentor fatherless teen boys, and with the Executive Service Corp, mentoring students at the University of Houston involved in operational enhancement projects for Non-Profits in the Houston Community. He served on many Boards (and related Committees), including with the Houston Grand Opera, Jr. Achievement of Texas and Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Council. Upon retirement, he served on the Board of the Menil Foundation and later as CFO. He also joined the St Vincent de Paul Society whose mission is to serve the poor and vulnerable of
the Houston Community.

Jasmin is a professional in the construction industry with a passion for service for others. She has served as both a member and leader in various nonprofit organizations. She especially values those that promote the equitable education of children and truly believes education is what brings change to communities and to the world. She is excited to bring her energy to Let's Be Ready for that purpose.