Mr. Nick Mazick is a former criminal attorney from Harlingen who holds an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University, a law degree from Texas Tech University, and a degree in Comparative Constitutional Law from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.  He also studied the Russian language at the London School of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan.

  Mr. Mazik has spent the last two years abroad living and studying in former Soviet states behind the Iron Curtain, most notably including Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, the Balkans, Romania, and Central Asia.  He has most recently spent time in Ukraine during the current unrest and troubles with Russia and has spent the last year studying the events leading up to the current crisis, the evolving escalation, and the possible future outcomes for Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe.