Rebecca believes strong communication skills are key to all aspects of the college application process. Helping students learn to be better communicators and to successfully tell their stories is Rebecca's highest priority.

Rebecca is a professional member of IECA and has presented at numerous IECA conferences. She has a College Counseling Certificate from UCSD, as well as a BA in Communicative Disorders and two teaching credentials (Communicatively Handicapped) from San Diego State University.

Rebecca has been helping students locally and around the globe with the high school planning and the college application process since 2012. Specializations include STEM, Bay Area, profoundly gifted, non-traditional (including homeschooled, transfer, health-challenged, or older), creative, and faith-based students.

About Me

Background, Education & Experience
Communicator:

Rebecca was an actress for Invisible Theater and other companies in high school and early college in Tucson, AZ. She moved to San Diego to pursue Musical Theater Dance at USIU.



She performed professionally as a dancer for 20+ years for The Beach Boys, Microsoft, and others. At Visionary Dance Theatre, she was a choreographer, teacher, and soloist. Her final choreographic piece can be found here:

Lyrical Jazz Dance, "Wedding Day", Choreographed by Rebecca Orlowski



Educator:

Rebecca's first teaching position was with deaf/blind infants and children. Later positions included deaf and LD students. She homeschooled for 25 years and worked for Regina Caeli, a small private school, helping homeschool families with course choices, special needs students, and college planning. She taught preschool, high school, and adult dance classes, and taught ASL to high schoolers. Her vast teaching experience adds to her knowledge and skills as a communicator and educator.


College Counselor:

Since 2012, Rebecca has helped students plan for, and complete the college application process. She enjoys teaching students about the admissions process and loves helping students find their voices.



High School & Transfer Experience

Rebecca works with students from all educational backgrounds all over the US and the world, with many students concentrated in various regions.

Conference Presenter:

Rebecca has presented for the Davidson Young Scholars ( serving profoundly gifted students) on radical acceleration and twice-exceptional learners. She's presented at California Homeschool Network’s annual conference and at multiple IECA conferences. She co-moderates CA Homeschool College Seekers on Facebook.​


Education:

Rebecca completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at SDSU earning a BA in Communicative Disorders, a Multiple Subjects with a Multicultural Emphasis Teaching Credential, and a Communicatively Handicapped Teaching Credential. She received a Specialized College Counseling Certificate from UCSD in 2018.



Memberships:

Rebecca is a member of multiple professional organizations including the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) as a professional member, the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), the Western Association for College Admissions Counseling (WACAC), and the California Homeschool Network (CHN).

Specialty Areas

Students Enrolled

Rebecca has worked with many students from the following high schools:

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Bay Area (California)

BASIS

Berkeley High

Harker

Homeschool

Khan Lab School

Los Gatos

Nueva

Redwood High School

Santa Clara High School

Foothills College

DeAnza College

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San Diego, CA

Canyon Crest

Homeschool

Mount Everest Academy

The Bishop's School

Torrey Pines

Westview

Palomar College

San Diego Community College

MiraCosta College

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Orange County, CA

Homeschooled

Orange County School of the Arts

Orange Lutheran High School

iLead Charter

Irvine Valley

Saddleback

Orange Coast

Santiago Canyon

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Los Angeles Area

California School of the Arts

Homeschooled

South Pasadena High School

Shalhevet School

Santa Monica College

Pasadena City College

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Austin, Texas

Homeschooled

Westwood

Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA)

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Online

Fusion

Laurel Springs

Pearson

The Potter's School

Stanford Online High School

Davidson Online Academy



From 2012-2016, she helped Chinese international students apply to American undergraduate and graduate programs for BosonEd.