The guy with the blonde hair, wearing glasses, and walking around with T-shirts even in winter time - that's Tonay. He's the only American in the group. He is a newcomer compared to the rest in the group. He joined the others in 7th grade.

Briefly about Tonay: Hi, my name is Tonay and I'm 15 years old. I have three brothers and five sisters. I was born in Hawaii when my mom was going to the Marshal Islands where I lived for three years. Then my family and I moved to North Dakota. We only recently moved to Uzbekistan from North Dakota. It's very different. It's a lot warmer here than in North Dakota which was about 30 below. My brothers and I laugh while we are wearing t-shirts and we see people walking around in heavy coats. I like playing the trombone and I have a German Shepherd named Linda.

Briefly about where Tonay's from: Most people have never heard of North Dakota. When visiting other countries I only found two people who knew were it was. It borders Canada in the middle of the U.S. I lived in a small town most of my life where just about everyone knows each other. It's a bit different from Tashkent which has 2 million people. There is a lot of farming there and one out of the two gasification plants in the world. That's what most of the people depend on there and what keeps it a town.

Tonay's thoughts about ThinkQuest and his team members: When we first looked at last year's winner I didn't think we had a chance. But now the website keeps getting better and better and we have hope. I think we all worked hard and since none of us were really professionals in HTML we had to put what we knew together. Everybody on the team knows each other and has for at least three years.