About Antonia.

My practice is built on a simple premise: a college application should reflect the actual student behind it, not a generic formula. That requires time, attention, and judgment — which is why I keep my caseload small. I work exclusively with international students.

Background

Before launching my practice, I worked in college counseling at three nonprofits — Uprooted Academy, the Posse Foundation, and ScholarMatch — helping students build school lists, develop essays, and make sense of financial aid. At Uprooted I served as Head of Professional Learning & Volunteer Engagement, managing its virtual one-on-one college counseling program, leading more than 50 webinars on the application process, and authoring more than 70 articles on college access and financial aid.

Earlier in my career, I worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company and as a financial analyst at Bankers Trust. I lived and worked in Spain for more than two decades, giving me a grounded sense of the questions Spanish families bring to the U.S. admissions process and the context from which they are navigating. I also navigated the process three times as a parent — all three of my children grew up in Spain and went on to attend U.S. colleges (classes of 2018, 2020, and 2022). Doing that work gave me a firsthand understanding of what families actually go through, and the confidence that I could help others do the same. That range of experience informs how I approach every application — thoughtfully, and with genuine understanding of what it means to navigate an unfamiliar system from the outside.

Approach

A small number of students each year. The work of building a thoughtful application list, supporting essay development, and navigating deadlines is real work — it cannot be done well at scale. I cap my caseload so every student has room for the unhurried conversations that good applications require.

A focus on international families. International students navigate the process in a different language, with a different academic record, and without the cultural context that someone who grew up in the United States takes for granted. That matters, and it shapes how I work.

Plain language, no jargon. Admissions is full of unnecessary complexity. I explain the parts that matter, set aside the parts that don't, and leave families equipped to make their own informed decisions.