Gina lee - Founder and Educational Consultant

Before Gina was an independent college counselor, she was a brand strategist working with Procter & Gamble, AT&T, and Citibank across Asia and the US, figuring out what makes stories stick. She learned the most powerful stories aren’t invented. They’re excavated.

That instinct deepened through every chapter that followed. After completing the UCLA College Admissions Certificate program, mentoring students, and serving on educational boards, she became the first Director of College Counseling and Academic Dean at American University Preparatory School, a newly founded international boarding school. She built a comprehensive college counseling program from the ground up. Students in the inaugural class were admitted to Stanford, MIT, Bryn Mawr, and schools across the selectivity spectrum.

And as a parent of two sons who attended Harvard and one who is at Emory University, she’s lived the process from the family side—the anxiety, the hope, and very real stakes. Today, she runs a deliberately high-touch boutique practice guided by one belief: the best college applications aren’t packaged or reverse-engineered but built from who a student actually is. That work takes time, trust, and honest reflection.

“I love witnessing personal transformations through relationship-building, a changed mindset, and a winning attitude, regardless of the limited resources or how big the dream might be.”

DUHEE LEE - college Counselor, Research & Project Pod program

THE COUNSELOR WHO LEARNED TO SEE WHAT COULD BE.

Duhee Lee spent his career envisioning what a project could become, first as a registered architect leading projects valued at over $1 billion, then as Director of Asset Management and Director of Corporate Real Estate overseeing portfolios. He graduated with a BS from MIT, where he also played varsity ice hockey, and holds a Master of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

From 2020-2022, he served as an Educational Counselor for MIT, conducting applicant interviews and submitting candidacy reports to the Admissions Office. What he experienced inspired him to begin working directly with students. Today, he brings those same envisioning skills to college and career counseling, specializing in STEM, environmental science, architecture, design, and business. He also leads interview preparation, research, and project advising, and career counseling for individuals in transition.

Results

American University

Arizona State University

Azusa Pacific University

Barnard College

Biola University

Boston College

Boston University

Bowdoin College

CPSU, San Luis Obispo

CPSU, Pomona

CSU, Fresno

CSU, Fullerton

CSU, Long Beach

CSU, Los Angeles

CSU, Northridge

CSU, San Francisco

Carleton College

Carnegie Mellon University

Case Western Reserve University

Chapman University

Claremont McKenna College

Columbia University/TCD Dual BA

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Drexel University

Duke University

École hôtelière de Lausanne

Emerson College

Emory University

Fordham University

Georgetown University

George Washington University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Gonzaga University

Grinnell College

Harvard University

Imperial College, London

Indiana University Bloomington

Istituto Marangoni, London

King’s College, London

Loyola Marymount University

Marist College

McGill University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michigan State University

New York University

Northeastern University

Northern Arizona University

Northwestern University

Occidental College

Ohio State University

Oregon State University

Otis College of Art and Design

Parsons School of Design

Pennsylvania State University

Pepperdine University

Pitzer College

Pratt Institute

Princeton University

Purdue University

Regent’s University London

Rice University

Ringling College of Art and Design

Rhode Island School of Design

Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Rutgers University–Newark

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

University of St Andrews

San Diego State University

Santa Clara University

Savannah College of Art and Design

Southern California Institute of Architecture

Scripps College

Southern Methodist University

Stanford University

Syracuse University

Temple University

Texas Christian University

Trinity College Dublin

Trinity University

Tufts University

University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Arizona

University of British Columbia, Okanagan

UC Berkeley

UC Davis

UC Irvine

UC Merced

UC Riverside

UC San Diego

UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Cruz

UCLA

University of Chicago

University of CO, Boulder

University of CO, Denver

University of Delaware

University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Illinois, UC

University of Iowa

University of Manchester

University of Maryland

University of Mass, Amherst

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

University of Nevada, Reno

University of New Hampshire

University of Oregon

University of Pittsburgh

University of San Diego

University of San Francisco

University of Southern California

University of Surrey

University of Texas, Austin

University of Utah

University of Virginia

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Vanderbilt University 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute 

Washington State University

Washington University, St. Louis

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Westmont College 

Wheaton College 

Woodbury University