Hello and welcome! I am an independent educational consultant and the founder of Neal College Advisors. I am passionate about education and believe that every student can achieve their potential by confidently identifying, planning for, and actualizing their dreams. This journey can be a time of rewarding growth and development, and I am thrilled to draw on my personal and professional experience to guide students through it. 

The through line of my career has been a professional application of the written word. Working in linguistics and as an editor for publications and businesses, I have developed expertise in communicating effectively across various audiences. I’ve always been fascinated by higher education, but it was while accompanying my three very different sons on their college tours, and helping to curate their college lists and prepare their applications, that I realized my genuine passion for finding a student’s best fit. 

I love working with all kinds of students, including athletes. While helping my youngest son, a tennis player, I came to appreciate the complexities of the search for a college that provides due space for an athlete to excel in his or her sport while simultaneously satisfying the myriad “normal” criteria that go into a college choice.