About Me

I’ve spent my entire adult life and career working in fields that involve supporting children and adolescents. With my undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology and social work from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, I began my career counseling and supporting families and individuals with all sorts of issues, including the adolescent transition to adulthood. I taught parenting classes and spent several years in the 1990s working in local elementary schools as a School Social Worker. After subsequently managing the business and human resources needs of Sandweiss Test Prep, I realized that I looked forward to sharing my college planning knowledge with parents and students whenever the opportunity presented itself. To be most effective, I decided to further educate myself by completing college counseling courses offered by the University of California – UC-Irvine and UCLA. Finally, in 2016, I was awarded certification as an Independent Educational Consultant. But my education did not stop there! I regularly partake in numerous professional development activities – classes, professional conferences, meetings with admissions reps, numerous college visits each year, and much more.

I’ve learned through experience that it’s never too early to begin planning for college. Working with a college counselor can begin as early as 8th grade, but whenever possible, I recommend beginning academic and activity planning in the middle of the sophomore year, or as early as possible during the junior year. Families may even be able to access our college planning and application support as late as the summer or fall of senior year.

I am currently a member of four professional organizations: IECA Associate Member, (Independent Educational Consultants Association), HECA (Higher Education Consultants Association), PNACAC (Pacific Northwest Association for College Admissions Counseling), and SACC (Seattle Area College Consultants).

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Rochester Institute of Technology, Boston College, Tufts University, St. Lawrence University, Washington State University, Western Washington University, Kalamazoo College, University of Vermont, California State University, Los Angeles, Columbia College Chicago, Los Angeles College of Music, Chapman University, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, University of Washington, Seattle, Santa Clara University, Lehigh University, University of Southern California, University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Sarah Lawrence College, Willamette University, Whitman College, Scripps College, University of Puget Sound, Case Western Reserve University, Occidental College, Pennsylvania State University -- University Park, Texas A&M University -- College Station, Arizona State University -- Tempe Campus, Drexel University, Virginia Tech, Purdue University -- West Lafayette, University of Colorado Boulder, Union College, Baylor University, St. Olaf College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University -- Daytona Beach, Gonzaga University, Pacific University Oregon, Seattle University, Kenyon College, Temple University, University of Idaho, The University of Arizona, Colorado State University, Southwestern University, Boise State University, University of San Francisco, The University of Chicago, San Diego State University, Fordham University, Amherst College, Middlebury College, Wake Forest University, Washington and Lee University, University of San Diego, Pepperdine University, Lewis and Clark College, Pacific Lutheran University, DePaul University, Temple University - Japan, University of Denver, University of Rochester, Muhlenberg College, University of Pittsburgh, University of Richmond, University of California, Irvine, University of Washington, Bothell, Hofstra University, Syracuse University, University of Oregon, James Madison University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Elon University, California State University, Long Beach, Kent State University, The University of Utah, Emory University, Indiana University Bloomington, McGill University, University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University -- Columbus, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University.

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