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Admissions Essay and Interview Coach | Harvard MPA & Executive Leader
Sarah K.

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32 hours tutoring

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I help ambitious students and professionals communicate like leaders. Even strong applicants struggle to translate impressive experience into a story that persuades. I specialize in admissions essays, personal statements, and interview preparation for graduate and professional programs, including MBA, JD, and MPA tracks. I’ll help you craft a narrative that commands attention and earns respect.

My perspective comes from experience inside the decision room. As a Harvard Kennedy School...

I help ambitious students and professionals communicate like leaders. Even strong applicants struggle to translate impressive experience into a story that persuades. I specialize in admissions essays, personal statements, and interview preparation for graduate and professional programs, including MBA, JD, and MPA tracks. I’ll help you craft a narrative that commands attention and earns respect.

My perspective comes from experience inside the decision room. As a Harvard Kennedy School graduate (MPA) and former federal and state executive, I understand how leaders evaluate ideas and how to make yours stand out. I know how decision-makers think, what they look for, and how to turn your expertise into the clarity and confidence top programs expect.

My process is direct and efficient:
• Clarify your message: Define the values and motivation that make your story compelling.
• Build structure and argument: Organize your ideas into a persuasive, purposeful narrative.
• Refine for authority: Strengthen tone and delivery until your essay or interview reads with clarity and control.

Over fifteen years, I’ve helped graduate, fellowship, and executive applicants across the U.S. secure admission to competitive programs and advance their careers. Every session delivers visible progress, with practical strategies, measurable results, and real-world insight drawn from experience at the highest levels of leadership.

Book your first session to learn help turn your experience into impact.

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Education

Truman State University
Business, Economics
Harvard University
Masters

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $95
  • Rate details: Cancellations with less than 24 hours notice may be subject to a 50% cancellation fee. No Shows will be assessed the full rate of the lesson after a ten minute grace period.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

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  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Business

Business

As a co-founder and organizational leader, I know firsthand the pressure of managing a P&L, focusing on outcomes, and driving success. My 15+ years of experience ranges across business, non-profit, and government, with unique insights into how policy impacts the bottom line.
Career Development

Career Development

I have spent the last 15 years developing teams across nonprofit, government, and public health. I invest in people’s careers, helping you define what matters most to you, and building out a plan to help you get there.
College Counseling

College Counseling

I hold a Master in Public Administration from Harvard and have more than fifteen years of experience mentoring students and professionals on high-stakes academic and career writing. My background in executive communication and strategy gives me a clear sense of what top programs look for: strong narrative, purpose, and polish. I help students clarify their goals, translate experiences into compelling personal statements, and navigate the college application process with confidence and structure.
Creative Writing

Creative Writing

I bring over twenty years of writing and coaching experience spanning creative, academic, and professional settings. My work includes slam poetry, children’s fiction, and narrative nonfiction. With a background in public policy and communication, I help writers translate complex ideas into stories that move readers. I’ve guided students and professionals through essays, personal statements, and creative projects, focusing on voice, structure, and impact so their writing resonates long after it’s read.
Epidemiology

Epidemiology

I have over fifteen years of experience working in health policy and population health strategy, including roles guiding statewide public health initiatives and cross-agency data integration. My background includes designing and interpreting metrics related to epidemiology, Medicaid quality, and HEDIS performance. I help students and early-career professionals understand not just how to calculate rates and ratios, but how to interpret them for real-world policy and health system decisions. My tutoring focuses on clarity, application, and building confidence in connecting epidemiologic concepts to practice.
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I focus on helping students and professionals craft essays that are clear, persuasive, and authentic. My background in policy and communication has taught me how to structure complex ideas into writing that flows logically and connects emotionally. I work with students on admissions essays, policy analyses, and reflective writing, focusing on voice, structure, and purpose. My sessions emphasize practical techniques that turn vague drafts into confident, compelling pieces of writing.
Interview Prep

Interview Prep

In college, I trained as an interview coach as the President of Alpha Kappa Psi and led a team of 200+ students helping each other prepare for interviews. Over the last 15 years of my career I’ve built on that knowledge to mentor college students and early career professionals on landing high-impact roles. And with my own interview experience from Harvard to CMS to State Executive Leadership, I can help you hone your story and land your dream role.
Nutrition

Nutrition

I’ve spent more than fifteen years working in nutrition and public health, including leading registered dietitians and designing programs that connected food access, nutrition education, and health outcomes. At regional and national non-profits I managed initiatives that helped families build lasting, healthy eating habits across diverse communities. My tutoring focuses on making nutrition concepts practical—linking science to real choices and behavior change that drive equitable health outcomes. I help students and professionals move beyond memorization to understand how nutrition drives population health, policy, and everyday well-being.
Personal Statements

Personal Statements

I know what it takes to stand out in competitive graduate admissions. Harvard and other top-tier schools expect a statement that shows how your unique experiences will benefit from, and contribute to, their institution. I’ve coached applicants through personal statements that balance authenticity with clarity and focus, helping them translate their own personal expertise into purpose. I help writers find their own unique “why” so their essays read as intentional, confident, and ready for impact.
Project Management

Project Management

I’m a complexity wrangler. I’ve spent the last 15 years getting non-profits with competing funding challenges to work together, building trust between federal agencies, and managing a $20B health strategy portfolio for the state of Minnesota. These all depended on rock solid project management. I can help you with easy to use tools to get you started, or help you build a detailed interdependent system to track hundreds of projects and deliverables. Let’s figure it out.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Over my 15+ year career, I’ve delivered keynotes at regional and national conferences, presented to federal Secretaries and Administrators, Governors, and nonprofit leaders. I can help you hone your voice, weave humor and meaning into your speeches, and build a presentation that drives your point home.
Thesis Writing

Thesis Writing

I’ve guided students and professionals through complex writing projects that require clarity, structure, and sustained focus. My background in policy, research, and strategy helps writers connect evidence to argument and stay grounded in purpose. I teach practical methods for organizing large projects, breaking writer’s block, and maintaining momentum from proposal to final defense. The goal is simple: a thesis that’s coherent, credible, and genuinely yours.
United States History

United States History

I’ve studied and applied U.S. history through the lens of policy, governance, and social change for more than twenty years. At Harvard’s Kennedy School, I was able to study with some of the top scholars of U.S History, and focused my master’s studies on Health Policy and American Political Systems. My approach helps students connect historical events to the economic, political, and cultural forces that shaped them, and recognize the systems they still influence today. I focus on cause and consequence, not rote memorization, so students learn to think like historians, understanding how the past still drives current debates.
American History
English
Government & Politics
Law
Political Science
Proofreading
Reading
Social Studies
Vocabulary
Writing
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AMAZING

Sarah was a spectacular advisor throughout my grad school application process. She was extremely organized and professional while still providing a genuine connection. She took the time to truly understanding my goals and who I am to shape a very “true to self” final product. I’ve met with many advisors, tutors, and others for my grad school applications and no one matches the help and perspective that Sarah provided!! 100% recommend!!!

Razan, 4 lessons with Sarah

Very helpful!

Sara really helped me feel prepared for my interviews. She helped me review common questions while also giving me really useful tips for improving my performance in interviews. Overall, an invaluable asset if you are getting ready for high-stakes interviews.

Jonathan, 4 lessons with Sarah
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