Mary Grace Gardner is a college admissions and career coach who helps students find their passions and write compelling college application essays so that they can apply to the college of their dreams with confidence. She served as part of the UC Berkeley admissions team, earned acceptance to colleges like Yale, Johns Hopkins and UCLA, and mentored students across the globe over the past ten years. She specializes in helping students figure out their unique stories and learn what they might be interested in for their future careers by supporting them to launch passion projects using growth mindset, design thinking, lean, innovation, leadership and project management. Mary Grace has been featured in Business Insider, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, U.S. News and World Report, and Fast Company.  She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children.