Before tutoring, Katy worked with refugee legal aid organizations in the Middle East. For the last five years, she has worked as a private tutor for elite high school students in the United States and China, teaching courses in writing/English (creative, academic, and college essays), AP World History, US History, French, Spanish, and SAT prep. She previously worked long-term with Lawrenceville students in writing and language arts. She has also advised several long-term high school and college students on research projects, extracurricular projects, and summer program applications.
Katy has supported students with applications to the following schools (to name a few): Princeton, Brown, Stanford, Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania, Notre Dame, Barnard, Duke, NYU, Emory, Vanderbilt, University of Chicago, Washington University, UNC Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, University of San Diego, Pepperdine, Michigan State University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, University of Michigan, Tufts, Boston College, Florida, FSU, University of Miami, William & Mary, University of Texas, Tulane, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, Villanova, Rutgers, Lehigh, Syracuse, American University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Maryland, and UC schools.
Katy volunteers as an admissions counselor for Swarthmore College, writes film criticism, and is finishing her first feature-length film based in Houston, Texas. Her hobbies include dancing salsa, cooking, and gardening.