Meet Beth!

Beth Littleford, College Counselor

Beth Littleford has always had a passionate interest in higher education, specifically college admissions. She spent three years at Swarthmore College, and then her acting career took her to New York where she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute while finishing her BA at the New School. Her time at each school was immeasurably rich and formative, showing her first-hand how such different schools can each offer unique and valuable experiences and that there is not one school that will make or break your career in college and beyond – a belief she shares with her students today.

Beth has always found real joy in working with teenagers – her first job out of college was tutoring for the SAT, and she was able to study adolescent psychology at the graduate level at The New School. She spent the next several decades acting and writing but continued to be drawn to educational consulting. Completing her program in college counseling at UCLA and guiding students through this process has brought tremendous gratification.

A lifelong writer, Beth has read and performed her personal writing at many venues in New York and LA. Her work has been published in the anthologies Worst Laid Plans and That Time of the Month, as well as in New York Magazine, Paper Magazine, and The Believer, among other publications. Beth loves bringing her first-person storytelling expertise to this work.

After years of connecting with young fans, she is thrilled about the opportunity to inspire and support young people through what can be a confusing and overwhelming endeavor, offering reassurance and hope for what she knows will be an exciting outcome.

Education & Experience

Swarthmore College, The New School, BA
UCLA, College Counseling Certificate Program
SAT and academic tutor, Stanford Coaching
Published first-person storytelling in several anthologies and in New York Magazine and Paper Magazine, among others.
Successful career as a writer and actor in film and TV