Briana Jasso
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Briana Jasso is extremely excited to be returning to Molina for her third year as the lead advisor! She was born and raised in Oak Cliff and graduated from Molina High School. Briana went on to be a first-generation college graduate of the University of Chicago with a major in Public Policy, a specialization in Education, and a minor in Spanish. She is honored to be serving students from her community and looks forward to continuing to help these
students achieve their highest aspirations!
Briana believes in the power of education. Since starting her position as lead at Molina, Briana has contributed to the accumulation of over $75 million in scholarships for Molina Jags and sent Molina graduates to some of the top colleges across the country including Brown, NYU, and Northeastern University. She also believes in the power of community and works hard to support the students who graduate from Molina beyond their time in high school. She is grateful to be working with ASP again and looks forward to empowering students in the same way her ASP college advisor empowered her.
In her spare time, Briana enjoys strength training, reading, and rewatching childhood animated favorites!
Lexi Facundo
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Lexi Facundo is incredibly excited to return for her third year as an ASP College Advisor at Molina High School. Both of her parents attended Molina, so she’s thrilled for the chance to give back to the community that raised them. She attended the University of Texas at Austin (Hook ‘em!), where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Sociology.
What Lexi wants for her students goes beyond an acceptance letter — she wants them to find a college that truly fits, that their family can afford, and that opens doors they didn’t even know were there. As a first-generation student herself, she knows how life changing a good education can be, and she believes every student deserves the same shot at one.
Lexi has helped students earn admission to universities both in Texas and across the country, and she brings a well-rounded expertise to every part of the process — from building a balanced college list to navigating financial aid. If you ask her, though, her favorite part of the job is sitting down with a student to work through a college essay. That’s when Lexi feels most connected to her students, as she helps them turn an application into a story that only they can tell.
Outside of the ASP office, Lexi enjoys psychoanalyzing reality TV personas, scrapbooking, and spending quality time with her friends and family.
Tony Balderaz
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Tony Balderaz is happy to come back for his second year as an ASP college advisor at Molina! Tony is a 2025 graduate of Rice University with majors in Math and Policy Analysis! Tony was a first-generation college student who had spent his entire life believing college would be unaffordable. With no help besides his own, he was able to attend a college dedicated to meeting 100% of financial need, and graduated without paying anything at all.
At Rice, Tony took advantage of study abroad. He headlined the 2024 Tony World Tour with stops in Milan, Venice, Naples, Florence, Paris, Nice, London, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, and Bratislava, with residency in Rome.
Tony remembers the stress of navigating the admissions process alone, and he hopes to inspire other students when finding their paths, and to let them know that attending an affordable college is possible.
In his spare time, Tony enjoys practicing Italian, watching drama movies, and is Certified Beyhive. He most recently attended the Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Tour, twice.