In my senior year of high school, I got my acceptance letter from my top-choice college in early December. Within a week I had mailed my deposit, notified my school counselor, carefully applied a SUNY Purchase College bumper sticker to a Honda Civic that was older than I was, and figured I was done with the whole “college application” thing.

 

Since then, I’ve helped more than a thousand students on the journey to find their alma mater. College admission and success have been the focus of my career since 2013.

 

I guess I wasn’t done with the whole “college application” thing, after all. 

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After graduating from the State University of New York, Purchase College with a double major in Anthropology and Literature, I worked in college access and college admissions in New York City, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

 

Working with students was so rewarding that I returned to school so that I could become an academic advisor. I earned my Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University in 2020. 

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My graduate-level education in counseling students was the missing piece that I needed to find my perfect career in independent educational consulting. I already had the insider knowledge of college admissions, but with my training and experience in advising, I also gained the expertise to support students throughout the whole process. 

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Now, I'm bringing that expertise to students across the country with Pioneer Valley College Counseling.  

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When I'm not helping students find their perfect-fit college, you can probably find me reading or sharing a good meal with friends and family. I work and live in an old house in western Massachusetts, which I share with my husband and my sweet but mischievous golden retriever, Tilly.