Joan Casey

Joan founded Educational Advocates College Consulting in 2004. She and her team work with high school and transfer students from across the country who are considering colleges at all levels of selectivity, as well as graduate applicants. She has expertise in working with students with ADHD, learning differences, and health issues. She has completed an advocacy-training program sponsored by the Federation for Children with Special Needs and is trained in executive function coaching through the American Coaching Association. Joan is committed to her students and her priority is to help them achieve their goals through a supportive and thoughtful approach.

Joan is a certified educational planner, signifying that she has achieved the highest level of professional standards in the field of educational consulting. She is a professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), and the Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA). Joan was one of a group of consultants who won the IECA Katz award in recognition of pro bono work for The Possibility Project. She earned an Ed.M in Mind, Brain and Education from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and a BA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Prior to founding Educational Advocates, Joan had a 20-year career as a marketing and public relations consultant, working for a national public relations firm and managing her own consulting practice. She has received several marketing and writing awards, and applies the creative-thinking strategies used in her marketing career in advising students on their essays, overall presentation, and interviewing skills. Joan resides in Brookline, Massachusetts and is the mother of two now grown sons who attended both independent and public schools before college. When not meeting with students and families, you might find her cooking, reading, gardening, running or meditating.