Counselor Profile
Amy specializes in students interested in a wide range of schools, students seeking admission to highly selective schools, international students, and neurodivergent students.
As an IvyWise college admissions counselor, Amy strives to be an even-keeled voice of reason with a kind, but direct, counseling approach. She is a naturally curious person, so she spends a lot of time asking questions to get to know her students on a granular level, including uncovering the things that make them “light up,” and discovering new and creative ways to practically channel that energy. She meets every student and family where they are, and always seeks to understand their motivations and needs. Students working with Amy learn how to manage their time, set and achieve goals, and find their authentic selves while finding their best-fit schools.
Amy previously served as an Admissions and Financial Aid Officer at Harvard College. During her time at Harvard, she read thousands of applications from schools in the greater-Boston area as well as across the South and Western parts of the U.S. On the financial aid side, Amy counseled families through the aid reconsideration process, served as on-call financial aid officer of the day, and assigned restricted scholarship funds to students.
Most recently, Amy was Associate Director of College Counseling at Milton Academy, a day and boarding school just outside of Boston. At Milton, Amy worked with domestic and international families from all over the globe. She also taught Senior Transitions, a course designed to help seniors ease into college life, as well as sixth grade Spanish and is proud to have served on Milton’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Commission in 2020.
Amy received her bachelor’s in history with a citation in Spanish from Harvard College and her master’s in education and Massachusetts teaching license in Spanish from Fitchburg State College. She comes from a family of educators and has always seen herself as a teacher at heart. Although her own strengths lie in the humanities, Amy learned to speak tech as the coordinator of the MIT-Mexico internship program. She is fluent in Spanish, has lived in both Spain and Mexico, and is raising bilingual/bicultural twin boys.
Amy entered into the field of college admissions because her own Harvard admission officer took her under her wing. Amy worked for her mentor in the financial aid office for three years as an undergraduate student — including summers! — and eventually found her way back to the office as a full-time professional. As a result, Amy understands the power of a strong mentoring connection and works hard to offer that kind of support and connection to the students in her care. She enjoys making genuine connections with her students and connecting them with the resources and opportunities that will help them thrive in high school, college, and beyond.
As someone who loves to write and edit, Amy also enjoys helping students find their voices when writing their college essays. She loves working with students who think differently and those who might not feel like strong writers. Amy knows that the most selective schools want to see depth in college admissions essays, so she encourages students to take different approaches to brainstorming their topics and provides thorough and inspiring feedback to help students find their authentic voice in their personal statement and supplemental essays.
Amy hopes all her students will approach their work with her with an open mind, a sense of curiosity, and a commitment to discovering their best selves through the college process and beyond. Knowledge is power when applying to college, and Amy works with students and families to provide relevant information as well as highly nuanced and individualized advice so that families can make empowered and educated decisions.
In her free time, Amy is a slow, but avid runner. She also enjoys hiking, reading, cooking, and spending time with her husband, twin boys, and sassy Airedale Terrier, Lucy.