Most students sit down to write the personal statement and produce something that reads like a resume with feelings attached. They've been told to "be authentic" without being told what that means. That's the problem I solve.
I write for a living. As a policy researcher at a national nonprofit, I turn dense legal material into briefings that non-experts can actually follow. I hold a BA in Philosophy from the University of New Mexico and am pursuing a Master of Liberal Arts at St. John's...
Most students sit down to write the personal statement and produce something that reads like a resume with feelings attached. They've been told to "be authentic" without being told what that means. That's the problem I solve.
I write for a living. As a policy researcher at a national nonprofit, I turn dense legal material into briefings that non-experts can actually follow. I hold a BA in Philosophy from the University of New Mexico and am pursuing a Master of Liberal Arts at St. John's College, where the entire curriculum is close reading and discussion of great books. For the past two years I've worked one-on-one with students on personal statements, supplemental essays, and scholarship applications.
Admissions readers in 2026 have seen a great deal of AI assisted writing, and they can feel it. The essays that work are the ones only you could have written.
I work with Common App personal statements, supplemental essays, scholarship essays, and transfer applications. These essays are hard, and I'm with my students at every step
