“Karen was a key asset during the college search and application process. In initial interviews with each parent separately and then with our son, she listened openly to our hopes, concerns, and aspirations, and used those conversations to shape a path of exploration that ultimately led to admission to his first choice school, Wake Forest University. Karen deftly walks the line between supporting students and encouraging independence, and she thinks both aspirationally and realistically. Karen can take both the meta view and see school trends from afar and at the same time, she understood very well the unique high school context from which our son comes. Impossibly, she also took some of the angst out of this process for which we are deeply grateful.”