A former professional dancer for The Beach Boys and Microsoft, Rebecca later taught deaf and homeschooled students before moving into full-time college counseling.

About Me

Rebecca Stuart-Orlowski brings an unusually varied path into college counseling. She began as an actress in Tucson before moving to San Diego to study Musical Theater Dance at USIU, then performed professionally as a dancer for over 20 years for acts including The Beach Boys and Microsoft, later choreographing, teaching, and performing as a soloist with Visionary Dance Theatre.

Her teaching career began with deaf and blind infants and children, later expanding to deaf and learning-disabled students; she homeschooled her own children for 25 years, worked with Regina Caeli helping homeschool families with course choices and college planning, and taught dance and ASL along the way. Since 2012, Rebecca has helped students plan for and complete the college application process, working with students from all educational backgrounds across the US and internationally, and especially enjoys helping students find their own voice.

She's presented for Davidson Young Scholars on radical acceleration and twice-exceptional learners, spoken at the California Homeschool Network's annual conference and multiple IECA conferences, and co-moderates CA Homeschool College Seekers on Facebook. Rebecca holds a BA in Communicative Disorders and teaching credentials from SDSU, along with a Specialized College Counseling Certificate from UCSD (2018), and is a professional member of IECA, NACAC, WACAC, and 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.