"I’m a professional writer and teacher with a knack for helping young adults through the college essay process. I received a B.A. in English from Yale and an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown, where I also taught fiction.

Beyond applications, my aim is to enable students as they grow more skillful, confident, and creative in their writing. I'm warm and highly individualized in my approach. Students come away with improved humanities grades across the board and better prepared for college.

My students' acceptance record is similar to those of top preparatory schools. The last three years alone include MIT, Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia, UC Berkeley, Howard, Tufts, U. Wisconsin-Madison, UVA, NYU, Northeastern, and top schools in both Canada and the UK." less...