Advising
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Betsy Stangel, JD
Betsy Stangel brings over 23 years of experience in college advising, helping thousands of families navigate the often overwhelming college admissions and financial aid process with confidence and clarity. As Director of College Advising at Method Learning, Betsy leads a team of expert advisors, ensuring families receive exceptional, personalized support at every stage of their journey—from aca...
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Bralyn Beathea
Bralyn Beathea is a highly experienced educational consultant and admissions strategist with nearly two decades of proven impact in tutoring, college preparation, and youth development. Since 2007, he has empowered students to reach their full academic potential through expert test preparation, admissions coaching, and strategic family guidance. He has worked with hundreds of students acr...
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Kevin Coy
Kevin Coy is a dedicated college counseling professional with over 25 years of experience in guiding students through the college admission process. For the past 13 years, Kevin has served as a Postsecondary Counselor at a large public high school in the suburbs of Chicago. He brings a wealth of knowledge and a deep commitment to guiding students through the college admissions process. Prior to...
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Blair Dean
Blair Dean is a College Advisor for Method Learning. With 20+ years of experience, she has spent most of her career working with high school students and their families to plan for the best path to post-secondary success. Having worked in a variety of settings from undergraduate admissions, non-profit work, public schools and independent counseling, she has a wealth of knowledge from all sides of...
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Heather Driscoll
Heather Driscoll is a dedicated college counseling professional with over two decades of experience in guiding students through the college admission process as the Director of College Counseling at private schools. Her passion for helping students find their fit and gain acceptance to their school of choice drives her to develop and implement comprehensive college counseling programs that supp...
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Dr. Jane Gabin
Jane S. Gabin is from New York City, where she was a first-generation college student. She has thirty years’ of experience in admissions reading, college counseling, and essay advising, and has unique insights in the field. She served as senior assistant director of undergraduate admissions at UNC-Chapel Hill for a decade, followed by 11 years in college counseling at private schools in and aro...
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Cerita Grotts
Cerita graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Law and Society and Physical Anthropology. She then continued her educational pursuits graduating with a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. Her career prior to joining Method Learning was in higher education with particular focus in student financial...
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Nichelle Haymore
Nichelle has over twenty years of experience in college counseling and student services. She has held various positions in public schools, private schools, and nonprofit organizations while being a certified K-12 School Counselor in Florida and Texas. Her students have attended all the Ivy and Ivy Plus, single-gendered colleges, top liberal arts, and prominent research institutions. They have a...
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Kala Jones
Kala has over nine years of experience in education. She has leveraged her wealth of experience and unwavering commitment to student success to guide her students through the intricate maze of college choices, scholarships and financial aid. As a result, her students have gained admissions to Ivy and Ivy Plus universities, top liberal arts and single-gendered colleges, and prominent research inst...
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Kelley Kaminsky
Kelley Kaminsky began her career in education over 20 years ago, after working as a newspaper journalist and magazine editor. She has coached thousands of students in the writing process as a certified English teacher with a passion for helping students find their authentic writing voice—an increasingly important aspect of the college application process. Kelley currently serves as the college...
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Carolyn Kost
Carolyn has over twenty years of experience in college counseling in boarding and day schools and private practice. She has held various positions in six universities, studied in ten, and visited over 150. In addition to the UCLA Graduate Certificate in College Counseling, Carolyn holds master's degrees in social science and information science and has completed all the requirements and exams f...
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Sohyun Tallis Lee
Dr. Lee has a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership and has worked as a counselor, educator, and learning developer in K-12 education and leadership coaching for over 20 years. She has placed students at such schools as Yale, Stanford, Johns Hopkins University, Duke, Cornell, Columbia, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and UCs. Dr. Lee has...
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Enzley Mitchell IV
College Advisor
Dr. Enzley Mitchell IV is passionate about helping young people achieve their dreams of attending college and competing in intercollegiate athletics. He combines this passion with his expertise in sports, athletics administration, and College success education. Dr. Mitchell is the founder of EKM, LLC, and developed the PrepSearch College Success Seminar, a program designed to guide prospective...
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Tim Poynton
Dr. Tim Poynton has been a school counselor, counselor educator, and researcher for 24 years. He is currently an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he teaches college counseling and career counseling courses at the graduate level to current and future school counselors. He has also taught undergraduate students in a course titled “Work and Play: Counseling Ski...
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Anna Rigali
Anna is a bilingual college and career counselor with a passion for expanding educational opportunities for all students. She enjoys getting to know her students' personalities and trying to make the college application and financial aid process low stress, for students and their parents. Anna has worked in the college counseling field for 16 years, in public schools and non-profit organization...
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Roberto Suarez
Dr. Suarez is a school counselor and robotics educator with 20+ years of experience in college and admission counseling. Over the years, Roberto has held positions in college and international admission counseling, STEM and world language education, and many other fields. A co-founding committee member of College Board’s BigFuture, Roberto is regularly invited to sit on advisory boards and uses hi...
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Jenna Thiel
With over two decades of experience across post-secondary and public education, I bring a well-rounded background in college admissions, academic advising, student success coaching, and scholarship management. My approach is student-centered, combining attentive guidance with encouragement and clarity throughout every step of the college planning process. I specialize in offering personalize...
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Kathy Vogdes
Kathy has been assisting families through the college admissions process for the past several years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Indiana University Bloomington and a law degree from DePaul University College of Law. Kathy has practiced law for over 25 years. She is also a content writer and editor for LexisNexis. In her spare time, Kathy is active with the Leukemia & L...