About Me

Kathleen (Kate) Woessner Odell, founder of StepAhead College Advising, genuinely enjoys helping high school students succeed in college and beyond, staying closely engaged with the latest admissions trends and college news. She holds a College Admissions & Career Planning Certificate from UC Berkeley Extension and has over seven years of experience as a college counselor, having created and delivered the college prep program at Design Tech High School, a public charter school.

Kate holds a BA from Williams College and an MBA from Cornell, and built an earlier career in medical device marketing before finding her true passion in college advising. She's also served as a college advisor with College Summit, a nonprofit providing college guidance to low-income and first-generation students.

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American University, California State University, Long Beach, Emerson College, DePaul University, Arizona State University -- Tempe Campus, Pennsylvania State University -- University Park, Northeastern University, San Diego State University, University of California, Davis, University of California, San Diego, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington, Seattle, University of Denver, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Riverside.

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