Empathic, expert college-essay mentor; Harvard honors English grad; UCLA instructor; New Yorker cartoonist

Hi! I'm Kate Isenberg, a professional college-essay mentor (10+ years). I have helped 100s of students with essays, gaining admission to Ivy League, Ivy-plus, UC, big state and small liberal-arts schools. I graduated from Harvard with my year's top GPA in English. I've honed my writing, editing, and teaching expertise as a national-magazine editor, an animation instructor at UCLA film school, a New Yorker cartoonist, and a marketing copywriter for Fortune 500s and startups. Understanding storytelling across industries helps me guide students to share their best personal statement on their applications, with empathy and humor. Please visit my website: www.truevoiceadvising.com

Parent feedback (more): 

"By asking the right questions, and by giving rigorous, incisive feedback, [Kate] brings both firmness and kindness to help [students] feel uniquely understood. I noticed not only an immeasurable improvement in my son’s essays but also a developmental leap in terms of his self-understanding and expression. All of his writing in the future is going to benefit from the work that he did with Kate."

“We were just comparing C.’s prior essay with the one you have helped her with and there is honestly a night/day difference. You have such a great talent.”

I offer a 25% discount through June 30. A great time to start brainstorming those essays before summer activities/senior-year stress begin.