Meet Jen!

Before joining Collegewise, Jen ran her own college admissions counseling business for six years, where she guided students to successfully apply to a variety of colleges, including all the UC and Cal State schools, USC, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, Purdue, Clemson, Gonzaga, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, Chapman, Baylor, Boston University, and Northeastern. While she is comfortable and experienced working with students who aspire to attend just about any college or university, she considers her deepest expertise to be within California’s UC and Cal State systems.

We’ve learned that professionals who’ve run their own independent college counseling businesses, as Jen has, are particularly comfortable embracing the responsibility that comes with helping students plan their futures. (When you run your own shop, you alone define the experience for your customers.) In her previous professional life, Jen also spent eight years working in the early childhood education industry at KinderCare, where she was named District Manager of the Year. From yesterday’s babies and toddlers to today’s teenagers, parents trust Jen to make sure their children are safe, happy, and successful. 

Her former students have described Jen as a "mind reader,” “confidence-builder,“ and a “fabulous listener who ‘speaks teenager.’”

Here’s how Jen describes her style of college counseling:

“My role as a college counselor is part teacher, listener, compass, researcher, project manager, listener, and cheerleader. It is my job—my responsibility—to open my students’ beautiful minds and help them see what is possible for them to achieve and to become.”

In her spare time, Jen sits on several scholarship committees and volunteers at the Temple Grandin Equine Center on Colorado State’s campus, where gets to talk horses and college admissions. A proud parent of two young adult kids, Jen is also a Star Wars nerd, a proud owner of two Labradors, and the recipient of a trophy earned for winning an ice-cream-eating contest.