- Graduated from UCLA (English and Statistics) & received a PhD from Duke University (English)
- 20+ years of education experience across college counseling, tutoring, and serving as an instructor at Duke, including 9 years in full-time college counseling
- Demonstrated track record of mentoring STEM & non–STEM students who matriculated to Top 10/25 universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Boston University (BS/MD program), UNC Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain Scholar and more
- Aided aspiring graduate students with acceptances to various programs, including Stanford (MBA), NYU Stern (MBA), Boston University (MD), University of Kentucky (MD), Duke (MD), Duke (Law), UNC Chapel Hill (Law), UC San Diego (Applied Math PhD), and University of Virginia (Data Science PhD)