Why Admissions Consulting?

Gaby has over a decade of experience working in independent school admissions at Archer, Crossroads, Marymount and Westside Neighborhood School (WNS). As a native of Los Angeles, an independent school graduate, and an independent school parent, Gaby understands admissions from every perspective. Gaby began her career in admissions at The Archer School for Girls. During her six years at Archer, she served as Assistant Director of Admissions and 6th grade advisor. She then worked at Marymount High School as the Associate Director of Admission. She also worked as the Assistant Director of Admissions at the Westside Neighborhood School (WNS), a PS through 8th grade private school in Playa Vista. Finally, for two years, Gaby supported the Crossroads School admissions office as an interviewer before moving into her role as an independent educational consultant.

Gaby understands the many educational models given her wide array of experience working in K-12, PS-8, 6-12, and 9-12 schools and in both co-ed and single sex school environments. As a way of giving back to her community, Gaby volunteers annually with the Gabriella Foundation Charter School preparing students for independent school admissions interviews.

Sandy is the founder of a top city-wide admissions consulting company for preschool through high school. Her goal is to help families make informed and thoughtful choices about the schools that will best suit their child. Her mission is to take the mystery and anxiety out of the school finding process for parents and provide them with comprehensive information on all of their educational choices. Sandy is not only knowledgeable about private and parochial schools, including boarding schools, but she is also an expert in explaining and navigating the myriad public school options as well. She has been interviewed for Spectrum News, Beyond the Brochure, the Los Angeles Times, the Hollywood Reporter, and is the admissions expert on the website Kids in the House.

Sandy is a professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA). For the past 15 years, Sandy’s company has helped thousands of families with the planning and admissions process for preschool, elementary school, middle, and high school for their children.

With over 25 years in education and a decade of experience as the Associate Director of Admissions at two independent schools in Los Angeles, Priya understands the private school admissions landscape from an insider’s perspective. As an Educational Consultant , she focuses on pre-school through 12th grade and helps her clients through every aspect of the application process, from managing timelines and strengthening applications to understanding the cultures of the various schools.

First and foremost, however, Priya’s mission is to help children and families find the right schools for them. It’s about identifying where a child will have confidence, fit in, and thrive, and where families can feel like part of a greater community. Her services include general overview information, child assessments, best-fit school identification, interview preparation, essay editing, process organization, and more.

Lisa has been a professional in education in Los Angeles since 1991. She was the Director of Admissions K-12 at Wildwood School and DK-6 at Echo Horizon School. She was the Director of Development at PS #1, Director of Marketing and Assistant Director of Admission at Westside Neighborhood School, and she worked with teachers doing Professional Development at the Archer School for Girls. She taught elementary school for 10 years.

Lisa’s experience has given her an understanding of the importance of fit. She has a very personalized approach. Lisa listens and takes time to understand a family’s needs so that she can help find a school where their child will thrive. She helps families with the entire admission process from identifying schools that are the perfect fit to application guidance and review, to interview prep, to validating impressions from school visits, and all the steps along the way that contribute to helping students become the strongest applicants possible. Lisa has helped families with the admission process (Preschool through 12th grade) for over 2 decades.