Amy joined EssayEdge in 2003, and what started out as a part-time job to pay for her college tuition quickly grew into a passion for admissions essay editing and counseling. She has been working for EssayEdge ever since, even though she has gone on to attend business school at Santa Clara University and to pursue a successful career as a nonprofit CEO in the aging services industry. Amy lives with her husband and their two young children near the ocean in Pacifica, California.

Anastasia has three degrees from University College London, University of London, including a master’s degree in history and anthropology. She also studied at the Sorbonne university in Paris as part of a B.A in History and French. She has been living in Bogotá since 2002. Anastasia was a lecturer at Colombia’s leading Javeriana university where she created a course on U.S. relations with Latin America and was responsible for setting and marking exam essays and dissertations. Anastasia is a trained history teacher turned award-winning journalist and editor.

Anna is a graduate of Yale University (B.A) and has been with EssayEdge since 2001. She has helped hundreds of clients with applications for numerous undergraduate programs and all of the top-tier programs for medical, pharmacy, graduate, PhD and MBA study. Anna provides meticulous and sensitive edits that help clients convey their unique message effectively and completely - she perfects a client's writing while also working with the client to address critical areas that need improvement, all while maintaining the client's unique voice.

Ashley is an alumni interviewer for Yale’s undergraduate application process, interviewing prospective students and writing recommendations for admittance based on impressions from these interviews. She also writes informational articles for CUnet that are posted on education websites and are primarily focused on using education to set and accomplish professional goals. She is the Secretary for the Yale Dramatic Alumni Associates Board of Directors. Professionally, Ashley has experience in several industries including finance and the entertainment industry.

Brandon is a PhD candidate in Biological Engineering at MIT. He is excited about the role enzymes play in daily life and how they can be repurposed for novel industrial reactions. Outside the laboratory, he is a fellow in the BE Communication Lab, where he coaches MIT students and postdocs on written documents and presentations. He graduated from Arizona State University with honors, summa cum laude with Biomedical Engineering BSE.He is excited to help take your writing to the next level.

Brian earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Columbia College, Columbia University. He has worked for 10 years in the publishing industry in a variety of roles. Brian has experience with undergraduate, business, law, medical, and graduate school admission essay editing; he also edits resumes. In his free time, he enjoys working on fiction and taking care of his kids. When I edit a paper, I try to understand where a client is coming from. From there, I can help get their essay where it’s going, in its own way. I will assist with the essay’s structure, its grammar, and help with the line-by-line syntax. At the length of these essays, everything should be part of the message. Good narratives make good essays. When a client’s essay lands on a desk, I want it to have a sense of purpose. "I feel it’s a privilege to help clients present the best argument in the clearest expression of their voice."

Cynthia has extensive experience working with clients from all over the world, helping to perfect their essays and applications for top undergraduate and graduate programs. She has volunteered in the admission offices of both her undergraduate and medical school institutions and has gained unique insight into the inner workings of this stressful process. Cynthia prides herself on her detail-oriented and conscientious editing skills that she is sure to tailor to the individual needs of each client.

Helen is an award-winning journalist with over 20 years’ experience as a foreign correspondent at Bloomberg News and Reuters in Latin America. She headed a team of nine English and Spanish language text reporters, photographers and television crew covering politics, the economy, and the war with drug-funded leftist rebels and right-wing paramilitary groups in Colombia. She has interviewed several presidents and rebel commanders in clandestine meetings in some of the most hostile parts of the country.

After graduating from Yale and earning an M.S in Accounting from NYU's Graduate School of Business Administration the next year, James worked in the corporate world for the next 20 years. This included being an auditor for a Big 8 public accounting firm and an operations analyst for Xerox. In 2003 he started working as an editor for Essay Edge. He has edited nearly 4000 essays in all categories. He has edited the prose submissions for a series of books produced by New Europe Writers.

Julia earned her DPhil in Sociology from the University of Oxford in 2018. She has 8 years of editing and academic mentoring experience. She is experienced in supporting clients to express themselves using concise language. Julia enjoys helping clients make themselves stand out by highlighting their unique experiences and backgrounds in admissions essays, recommendation letters, and academic writing.

Kai is an editor, researcher, and academic tutor who has been helping EssayEdge clients perfect their work for over 5 years. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in English Language & Literature from Yale University. Kai has a wide range of experience with students from different backgrounds, disciplines, and academic levels. Her approach focuses on clarity and conciseness, identifying and highlighting a student or professional’s unique voice and story.

Kiran is a PhD candidate in Sociology at UC Berkeley. Her academic work focuses on politics, gender, and violence in Latin America. She also holds a master's degree from the University of Oxford, and a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Barnard College, Columbia University. Kiran has worked as an EssayEdge editor since 2014, and enjoys helping clients transform their writing. She is experienced editing admissions essays, recommendation letters, as well as academic papers and theses.

Linda is a 1988 graduate of Stanford University, with degrees in biology and communications, and earned her MBA from the University of Southern California in 1993. Linda enjoys getting to know her customers and helping them reach their undergraduate and professional goals, while learning about their cultures, families and careers through editing their essays. She is always available to answer customer questions. Linda spent 20 plus years in sports public relations, and loves her "mom job" as an editor.

Lyra is a student at Cornell University pursuing undergraduate degrees in English and Computer Science. She harbors a deep love for the written word and has thoroughly enjoyed her time working with high school and college newspapers, designing and publishing websites, and collaborating with journalists to strengthen the expository writing skills of high schoolers. As a student of both natural and computer languages, she has a nuanced appreciation for syntax and lexicon that she draws from in her own writing and editing practices.

Melissa has a BA in English with Honors from Swarthmore College, Phi Beta Kappa, and an MA in English Literature from Columbia University, where she received the MA Essay Prize and the Bennett Prize in Comparative Literature. She has been working for Essay Edge for over 10 years, covering all genres of application and scholarship essays, following a career in arts administration. She also edits audio transcriptions, helps to prepare submissions to academic journals, and writes and edits feedback for Philadelphia Young Playwrights.

Reid A. is currently a graduate student at the University of Oxford, working towards a Master’s in English and American Studies. In 2020, he graduated from Cornell University as a double major in English and Government, with a minor in German, and distinction in all subjects.During the summer, Reid lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he stays immersed in literature (not only analytic and expository, but also creative) every day. He is truly passionate about expression on the page, and appreciates the extraordinary power & value of well-crafted writing in the many forms it takes.

Sam is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at the University of Oxford. His academic work focuses on the politics of sexuality, brutality, and violence in Latin America. He also holds a master's degree from the University of Oxford, and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University.

For more than 20 years, Scott worked as an advertising copywriter, honing his creative and writing skills as he created numerous television commercials, radio spots, print ads and internet content. He has worked for Essay Edge since 2003, and in that time he has edited literally thousands of application essays of all kinds – undergraduate, MBA, Ph.D., Medical School, Law School, Business School and countless others. He has also worked extensively with students on academic papers and dissertations.

Susan earned a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and Master in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. For the last 21 years, she has been working as a freelance business writer and editor for clients across a variety of industries, including law, software, entertainment, and healthcare. Susan is also an award-winning fiction writer whose short stories and novel excerpts have been published in The Nervous Breakdown, the South Dakota Review, and Voice from the Planet, an anthology of international fiction.

Suset is one of the original editors at EssayEdge and has been editing for the company since 2002. Being a graduate of Yale University, Suset also holds a Masters in Latin American Studies from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Pittsburgh. She has worked as an editor and writer for the past two decades through EssayEdge and at her own communications consultancy. Above all, Suset thrives on helping clients find their voice and communicate their stories in compelling ways, teaching them to strike the kind of perfect balance between sharing and listening that makes for meaningful communication.

Yasmine is a graduate of Brown University, where she studied Cultural Anthropology, specifically in the Middle East. Since graduating, she has worked as a professional writer and editor, both internationally and within the US. Yasmine has lived in Colombia, Lebanon, and most recently in Senegal. Yasmine also works in the field of education, which has given her keen insight into the strength and pitfalls of applicants. She is extremely passionate about languages.