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In The Media...

Through my work, I emphasize the vital importance of building strong student support programs, policies and systems. By sharing insights in opinion pieces, podcasts, and interviews, I advocate for the necessary support and resources that empower both educators and the students they serve.

Opinion Pieces

Chronicle of Philanthropy Op Ed Investing in better school counseling will help struggling students recover from multiple crisis, 9/6/22

Inside HigherEd Op Ed Counselors need real support 10/2020

Education Week Op Ed How ready are we to support kids through this trauma. 9/16/2020

Hechinger Report Op Ed School counselors not shocked by the admissions scandal. 3/14/19

Podcasts & Interviews

The Hopkins Press Podcast How Covid 19 upended college counseling 2/20/2023

Ethical Schools Podcast Interview. 11/4/2020

Education Week Op Ed School counselors support students. Are we supporting them? 10/2019

Inside Higher Education Fulfilling the Promise: Author discusses her new book about making school counseling reach its full potential. 5/20/19

Inside Higher Education Using technology to help first-gen students. 10/10/18

Minnesota Public Radio, How to support first-generation college students, MPR with Kerri Miller 12/2015

Select Media Mentions

Public Source With the value of a degree in doubt, high schoolers are exploring other routes 11/13/23

Harvard Crimson, Education experts talk admissions in the wake of Supreme Court decision 10/19/23

Chalkbeat New data shows fewer students per counselor at nation’s schools, but caseloads remain high, 1/9/2023

Hechinger Report More students question college, putting counselors in a fresh quandary 12/23/21

Education Next Charter schools go to college 6/29/21

Hechinger Report How Covid dimmed college prospects for students who need help most 3/4/2021

USA Today A ‘gobsmacking’ number of students in need aren’t applying to college. Are we missing ‘an entire generation’? 3/4/2021

Hechinger Report Lowest student to school counselor ratio since 1986. 4/27/2020

Boston Globe My guidance counselor didn’t do any of this: How school counselors’ role has evolved. 9/2019

WGBH Radio, On Campus, Reducing recidivism and gang violence through college. 10/02/17

National Public Radio, The Takeaway From Incarceration to Graduation: One Young Man's Dreams of College Finally Realized. 10/12/17

Christian Science Monitor, “Chicago to students: What are your plans after graduation? No, really.”  7/20/17

Voices of America, “Why more college students may consider a gap year.”  5/27/17

Education Week, “States beef up school counseling corps” 12/13/16

The Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Choosing a career, Georgia students get help from a test.” 9/2015

Inside Higher Education “Push on Counseling” 7/29/2014 

Education Week, “Counselors Work to Get More Students on College Path.” 9/10/2014

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