Dawn M. Roan has been successfully coaching and mentoring students on academics, writing, test performance, college admissions, scholarships, fellowships, job applications, and career advancement for more than 20 years at the high school, college, and professional levels. 

Dawn was her high school’s valedictorian, an AP Scholar (9 AP classes, including self-taught BC Calculus with a 5 on the exam), Regional Winner of Academic Decathlon, the Top Junior in the State competing in the National Chemistry Olympiad, a State Sterling Scholar Finalist, the State Discover Card Tribute Award Gold Winner, and a National Science Scholar. Dawn was accepted to every college to which she applied: Brigham Young University (BYU), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Harvard University.  

Dawn competed for the Benson Scholarship at Brigham Young University and was awarded a 4-year Full-Tuition Merit Scholarship. She also received the Utah Power and Light Scholarship and a Harvard University Scholarship. 

Dawn chose to attend Harvard University. In 2000, after serving a religious service mission in Eastern Ukraine, she graduated with an Artium Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Arts) in Biology and a Language Citation in Russian. She had a particular interest in the budding field of neuroscience and in the development of brain and behavior, especially learning. She worked extensively in multiple STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and HLA (History, Language, Art) disciplines, with coursework in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, anatomy, physiology, psychology, and history of math and science. She worked for 7 years in chemistry, biology, genetics, and medical research labs and pursued her academic passions in languages, cultures, folklore, mythology, classics, and literature. 

Dawn did her graduate work in Human Development. She taught Math and Biological Foundations of Human Development classes at Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University, respectively, for 4+ years, spent 7 years in online educational publishing with Waterford Research Institute and K12, and taught standardized test prep courses (LSAT, GMAT, GRE, DAT, ACT) nights and weekends at BYU for 7 years. 

 Dawn’s students have been successfully admitted to undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Duke, Johns Hopkins, West Point, Case Western, Boston University, New York University, Georgetown, Brigham Young University, University of California (several campuses), Texas A&M, University of Washington, Syracuse University, Baylor University, University of Utah, University of Florida, Seattle University, City University of New York, California Institute for the Arts, Florida State University, and more. 

 Dawn currently lives in Washington state. Her passion is for teaching, for helping students overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams--whether that's gaining admission to a choice school, earning a competitive scholarship or fellowship, or landing an aspirational job role.