PROFESSIONAL ESSAY SUPPORT
For the Next Step in your Life
OUR EXPERTS
Meet the Team
LAUREN DANA
College Essay Consultant
Lauren Dana is an accomplished educator with over 10 years of classroom experience. She earned a BA in English and History from Bucknell University and an MA in English Literature from Georgetown University. She recently earned her MA in Learning and Performance Technology at UMBC. She has taught Spanish and English at The Catholic High School of Baltimore, Glen Burnie High School, and Notre Dame Preparatory School. She currently works at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as an Instructional Designer and as an adjunct faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Education. Lauren has also led intensive College Essay Workshops for Notre Dame Preparatory School, the local college preparatory program Adelante Latina, and Calvert Hall College. She has helped over a hundred students write and revise their college essays to get into their dream schools.
THOMAS BENDER
College Essay Consultant
​Thomas Bender has taught high school English for ten years, first at Mount St. Joseph Academy in Flourtown, PA, and currently at Notre Dame Prep in Towson, MD. He also teaches English at Harford Community College. Prior to his career as a teacher, he earned his B.A. in English with a Writing Concentration from Gettysburg College, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Temple University, and his M.Ed. in Secondary Education (English) from Chestnut Hill College. In addition to teaching, he is active in the writing community. He has recently been accepted to and completed various writing workshops, including the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop for Teachers (Summer 2023), the One Story Writing Circle (2024), and the Kenyon Review Winter Online Workshop (Winter 2025). Over the past several years, he has helped guide rising seniors in developing, writing, revising, and editing their college essays as they prepare for the college application process.
ESSAY SERVICES
What We Offer
Whether you need help with your college application essay, personal statement for graduate school, or any other writing assignment, we are here to help! We offer a variety of packages to fit your needs as well as the option of working with us by the hour. Â
***We are happy to work with students virtually or in person depending upon the location.Â
***We do offer group classes for a discounted rate.
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