Ellen is a skilled College Essay Specialist and English Instructor with over twenty years of experience. Many of her students have been accepted into the top twenty universities, including the Ivy League. She believes that the process of applying to colleges can be filled with self-discovery rather than dread, and she genuinely enjoys mentoring students at this time.
Ellen earned her M.F.A. in English and Creative Writing from Mills College, where she received the Ardella Mills Prize for graduate composition in 2001, and her B.A. in American Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1994.