Learning is at the heart of what I do because...

I must continue to evolve and learn best practices in order to better serve students and model to them what it is to be a lifelong learner.

Before HGSE

EDUCATION

B.A., Spanish
Hope College

EXPERIENCE

Senior Education Consultant
Vision Ivy - Seoul, South Korea

Admissions Consultant
The Princeton Review Korea - Seoul, South Korea

Admissions Counselor
Transylvania University - Lexington, KY

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Youtheca - Seoul, South Korea

After HGSE

EDUCATION

Ed.M., Higher Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions
California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA

Created and actively manage the Caltech Counselor Advisory Board, composed of 11 public, private, and CBO counselors from across the nation.
Serve as coordinator of 2018 Prefrosh Weekend, Caltech’s three-day admitted student event.
Served as co-coordinator for the 2017 Women in STEM daylong summer preview which had 450+ people in attendance.

INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

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• Describe the work of your organization.

• What did you hope to learn at HGSE?

• "Learning is at the heart of what I do..."

• How do you hope your work impacts other people's learning?

• What would you say to any new student at HGSE?

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