About Us

Our Story: A Partnership Built on Expertise and Experience

At Next Street Tax, our mission is to empower you to take an active role in understanding, managing, and planning for your taxes.

Founded in 2024, Next Street Tax was born from a partnership between Blake Street and Ernest Jones, who have worked alongside each other for nearly a decade. With a shared vision and complementary expertise, they decided to join forces to create an integrated approach to tax and financial planning. This collaboration allows us to offer tax services while creating more efficient, holistic strategies tailored to your needs.

Whether you’re an individual, family, or professional in the New Media industry, we specialize in helping clients organize their finances, manage tax planning and preparation, and navigate any tax challenges. If you’re looking for someone who can offer comprehensive, customized strategies, you’ve come to the right place.

MEET THE TEAM

Each team member is dedicated to guiding you through tax season and beyond, ensuring you’re always prepared and informed. Get to know them below!

Blake Street, CFA, CFP®

Founding Partner

About Blake

Ernest Jones, CPA

Managing Partner

About Ernest

Hillary Curtis, MBA

Tax Administrator

About Hillary

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Hillary Curtis, MBA

Tax Administrator

Hillary Curtis, the new Tax Administrator for Next Street Tax, holds a Bachelor's in Legal Studies from Valdosta State University and a Master's in Finance from Mercer University.

Her interest in tax began in high school, where she took a course that covered investing, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and business planning. This early exposure inspired her to pursue a career in accounting. Before joining Next Street Tax in August 2025, she worked at Richardson Bookkeeping for almost four years, gaining valuable experience that prepared her for this new chapter.

Hillary is dedicated to her community, having helped build a greenhouse for a women's shelter and mentored young people. She plans to promote financial literacy, encourage early investing, and create scholarships for aspiring accountants from her hometown to cover school costs and exam fees for the CPA or EA.

In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching romantic comedies, and attending concerts. To manage stress and maintain her mental well-being, she follows a personal philosophy inspired by her father's quote, "One day at a time Sweet Jesus!" Hillary hopes her ambitious and warm personality will make her a valuable and joyful addition to the team.

Blake Street, CFA, CFP®

Founding Partner

Blake Street is a Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Warren Street Wealth Advisors. Blake graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Finance, and he is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Blake began his career in Financial Services at La Pointe Wealth Management, LPL Financial, in 2008. For four years he operated in a multi-faceted role, which encompassed comprehensive financial planning, investment management, trading, and research.

At Warren Street Wealth Advisors, Blake leverages his professional and academic experience to equip the firm’s clients and their advisors with the tools necessary to secure financial futures. Blake believes financial planning and a disciplined investment approach drive successful outcomes.

Away from the office, Blake is an avid pickleballer, washed up gamer, Lakers fanatic, volunteer, and traveler. Most importantly, he is married to his best friend and high school sweetheart, Maelesa. Together, they are raising their beautiful children Reece (2019) and Rowan (2021), and Dad is his favorite title of all.

Aileen Obedoza

Tax Administrator

Aileen studied Human Development at California State University, Long Beach. An altruist at heart, she has always been interested in making the most of all of the connections that she makes with people in her life.

She began her career at a non-profit organization where she supervised an after-school program serving children with developmental and physical disabilities for nine years.

Aileen then made the move to the financial sector and worked at Ayco, a Goldman Sachs Company as an Administrative Assistant for four years. In this role, she sharpened her skills in providing a high level of customer service. Here, she was able to provide quality customer service with attention to detail and enjoyed relationship building with her colleagues and the clients she served.

In 2014 she was awarded an aviation scholarship for her ground school work in aviation at Orange Coast College and has logged 20+ hours of flight time.

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoys volunteering and will take every opportunity she gets to dance in the rain.

As a Client Service Associate, Aileen is able to bring her years of experience in excellent client service and her ability to solve a problem with a smile to the Warren Street Wealth team.

Jennifer Battles

Director of Operations

Jennifer’s passion is people and their futures. Supporting the team as we serve and guide clients through the necessary steps to prepare for financial stability and confidence is of the utmost importance to her. She runs everyday operations to ensure our client relationships are maintained with excellence and passionate care.

Jennifer holds more than 20 years of customer care experience professionally supporting and managing operational tasks. She excels in structuring, growing, and caring for small business entities and confidently brings that same excellence to our team and our clients, providing a personalized, high-touch service experience. Having spent most of her career in business management, with a sharp focus on small business customer care, she knows the importance of recognizing the details and executing them. She thoughtfully brings that care and management knowledge to each of our client relationships.

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She loves “calling bingo” at the local assisted living, and when she’s not enjoying an outdoor sport, you’ll find her with neighbors and friends pouring themselves into a strategic board game.

As Director of Operations, Jennifer brings a joyful kindness to the care and support she provides. She lives by the philosophy that we have the choice to leave people better than we found them – so choose to be someone’s smile, not their frown.

Ernest Jones, CPA

Managing Partner

Ernest Jones graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He later obtained his Masters of Science in Accounting from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2008. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). 

Ernest began his career working at a local CPA firm in Las Vegas in 2006. Here, he worked through all aspects of accounting, ranging from payroll tax filings to financial statement audits. Through the course of his career, he focused on the income tax aspect of accounting along with general business consulting. He founded a solo practice working alongside small business owners to address the administrative needs revolving around tax and running a business.

Outside of work, you can likely find Ernest in the throes of whatever his new obsession is at the moment, whether it be making craft cocktails, reading the minutiae of a current band he is listening to, or diving deep into the details of whatever pop culture media has captured his and his wife, Sandra's, attention.