Lamia came to college counseling by way of medicine. A pre-med at the University of Florida, she went on to the University of Miami’s combined MD/MPH program — and there, her public-health master’s in hand and medical school underway, she made the harder choice: to leave medicine for education.
What followed was a deeper study of how people learn and become themselves — a master’s in organizational psychology at Harvard, formal training in college admissions consulting at UC Berkeley, and now a doctorate in education at the University of Pennsylvania. Her method comes straight from that path: a clinician’s rigor, a psychologist’s read on who a student actually is, and the judgment to tell that story to the schools where it fits. She takes only a handful of families a year — all by referral.
“Every student has a story only they can tell.”
Pre-med, University of Florida · MPH, University of Miami · Organizational Psychology, Harvard · College Admissions Consulting, UC Berkeley · Ed.D candidate, UPenn (Chief Learning Officer).
Three commitments behind every engagement.
Honest guidance, given with care.
I’ll tell you where a student truly stands — early enough to do something about it, and warmly enough that it builds confidence rather than fear.
A small number of families.
I cap my roster on purpose. You get a counselor who knows your student by name and story, not a queue ticket in a large firm.
The story, told well.
I find the genuine strength and shape every essay, list, and choice around it — so the whole application reads like one coherent person.