Hello! I am a professional writer/journalist and a credentialed English teacher who has helped close to 1000 students write their personal statement (grad students, too). My students have been admitted to Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Pomona, all the University of California's, and other fine institutions. I have been recognized by MIT and UC Irvine as an influential instructor; my writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, East West, and featured on NPR (Unfiction