Overwhelmed with the

whole college application

process? 

Intimidated by the 

level of competition these days? 

Feeling like applying to college

isn’t what it used to be? 

I hear ya. 

I’ve been through it 

with all three of my kids.

It’s a marathon of 

deadlines and essays and 

forms and letters and...  

This is where I come in...

Having received a Masters from Georgetown University in Linguistics and then gone on to teach English as a Second Language at Santa Barbara City College, UCSB, and Santa Rosa Junior College, grammar and writing are my expertise. Teaching and playing with words have alway come natural to me, and honing my skills in the unique area of college essays and applications has been and remains a passion.

During my undergraduate studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, I spent a semester at Wheaton College outside Chicago and another at the Université de Montpellier in southern France. I even came home to my old stomping grounds and took a class at Sonoma State one summer. Indeed, I’ve had the opportunity to attend and teach at all sorts of colleges, big and small, public and private, far away and close to home. 

Most recently, while helping my children and their friends fill out college applications, I earned my College Counseling Certification from UCSD.