ABOUT HEIDI

A coach who sees the
whole student

My students arrive with a story they've been telling themselves for too long: that they're bad at school, that writing isn't for them, that they'll never be organized, that tests just don't go their way. My job — the part I find endlessly interesting — is figuring out exactly where that story started, and rewriting it.

Some of my most satisfying work has been with students who swore they hated math, until we found the entry point that made it click. Or the student who froze every time she had to write a paper, until she discovered she actually had a lot to say — she just needed a different way in. College application essays are some of my favorites: there is always a real person in there with something worth saying, and helping a student find that voice, and trust it, is genuinely rewarding work.

I approach every student like a puzzle worth solving. Where are the gaps? What's been misunderstood or missed entirely? And equally — where is this person already sharp, already engaged, already curious? That's the thread I pull. I use what a student knows and loves as the bridge to what they haven't learned yet, because that's where real understanding takes hold rather than just surface memorization.

The organizational piece is quieter but just as transformative. When a student who has never once handed something in on time starts meeting deadlines — not because someone is standing over them, but because they finally have a system that fits how they actually think — that's a different kind of confidence. It spreads.

I pay close attention in sessions. Not just to what a student tells me, but to where they go quiet, where they rush, where they light up. That information is just as useful as anything in a textbook.

My work blends executive function coaching, academic tutoring, and health coaching — three areas that might seem different but are part of the same picture: helping you understand how your own brain works, and helping you manage learning and life without feeling completely overwhelmed.