A Syracuse journalism grad, Lisa provides free counseling through ScholarMatch after her own daughter's UC Berkeley admissions journey inspired her practice.

About Me

Lisa Margolin started Journey Ahead after watching her own daughter navigate an increasingly complicated and costly college application process as a student at UC Berkeley. A Syracuse University graduate, she brings a varied background as a journalist, nonprofit board member, corporate communications VP, and PR/marketing consultant to helping students present themselves well.

Lisa is an astute listener who quickly distills a student's academic motivations and personal aspirations to guide them toward colleges where they'd genuinely thrive, providing the organizational structure to manage testing, essays, and applications along the way. She provides free college counseling to low-income and first-generation students through ScholarMatch in San Francisco, holds a UCLA College Counseling Certificate and BS in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse, and belongs to IECA, WACAC, and HECA.

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Students Enrolled

Chapman University, Washington State University, Gonzaga University, Colorado State University, Boise State University, University of Colorado Boulder, University of California, Davis, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle University, San Francisco State University, University of Puget Sound, University of San Francisco, The University of Arizona, Whittier College, University of Oregon, Santa Clara University, University of California, Santa Cruz, San Diego State University, Arizona State University -- Tempe Campus, Fordham University, Saint Mary's College of California, California State University, Monterey Bay, Loyola Marymount University, University of California, San Diego, Boston University, United States Military Academy, Arizona State University -- Polytechnic Campus, University of San Diego, University of California, Riverside, Case Western Reserve University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Louisville, Portland State University, University of Southern California, Western Washington University, Sonoma State University, Northern Arizona University, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Texas Christian University, DePaul University, Elon University, Wake Forest University, University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Berkeley, University of St. Andrews, Southern Methodist University, Indiana University Bloomington, San Jose State University, California State University, Long Beach, University of California at Merced.