Katie Young
Katie Young
Associate Consulting Director
Katie is a first-generation college graduate who earned her Bachelor's degree in English from USC and her Master's in Counseling from San Jose State. She has worked as an education consultant specifically for students in the Bay Area since 2012 and began working at ILUMIN in 2018.
Throughout her career, Katie has coached students from all backgrounds, interests, and skill sets, helping them identify their strengths, find their passions, and develop holistically as people. She specifically loves encouraging high school seniors to tell their stories through unique personal statements and present themselves authentically in their applications.
Katie is an advocate at heart (and according to MBTI!) and volunteers for multiple organizations focused on social justice. Her greatest asset as a counselor and coach is her genuine concern for others, which drives her to go above and beyond to help students feel better, do better, and be better.
In her free time she loves mixed media arts, reading mystery and horror novels, and hanging out with her rescue pups.