I am a mission-oriented and learner-centered professional with expertise in student recruitment, admission, enrollment, and student affairs within Research 1 (R1) universities and K-12 independent and international schools. This experience includes hands-on skills in event coordination, program administration, volunteer management, and collaboration among a variety of internal and external constituents.

I enjoy connecting people and organizations with opportunities where they can directly engage in their interests and develop new relationships with members of the community.

Consistently identified by faculty, administrators, program partners, and colleagues as the “go to” liaison for information, collaboration, and program support.

I live my mission of creating more access to higher education by providing pro bono college counseling to students and families from low-income households.

For Fall 2023, I helped students receive admission offers from some of the following schools: Brown, Caltech, Duke, Michigan, the UCs (all campuses), USC, and Yale.

Top 5 StrengthsFinder themes: Empathy, Futuristic, Arranger, Deliberative, Connectedness

About Me

Therese is a native Angeleno who has been an admissions officer since 2005. Most recently, Therese was a seasonal application reader at Caltech, where she reviewed 2,500 files for the Fall 2022 class. At the University of Southern California (USC), she chaired the committees selecting recipients for the top merit scholarships at USC Annenberg. From 2019-2020, Therese lived and worked in London, England, advising students from six continents at TASIS The American School. She has also served as a volunteer reader for Questbridge, The Gates Foundation, and the Gilman Scholarship. She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in education at the University of Southern California.

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University of California at Merced, University of Southern California