Meet Rebecca
Specialist in College Counseling
Background, Education & Experience
Communicator:
Rebecca was an actress for Invisible Theater and other companies in high school and early college in Tucson, AZ. She moved to San Diego to pursue Musical Theater Dance at USIU.
She performed professionally as a jazz dancer for 20+ years for The Beach Boys, Microsoft, and others. At Visionary Dance Theatre, she was a choreographer, teacher, and soloist. Her final choreographic piece can be found here:
Lyrical Jazz Dance, "Wedding Day", Choreographed by Rebecca Orlowski
Educator:
Rebecca's first teaching position was with deaf/blind infants and children. Later positions included deaf and LD/ND students. She homeschooled for 25 years and worked for Regina Caeli, a small private school, helping homeschool families. She taught preschool, high school, and adult dance classes, and taught ASL to high schoolers. Her vast teaching experience adds to her knowledge and skills as an educator.
College Counselor:
Since 2012, Rebecca has helped students through the college search and application process. She stays on top of the latest education trends and news, and shares relevant data with her families. She's had multiple interviews and has been on admissions podcasts, and loves sharing all that she knows with her students and parents.
High School & Transfer Experience
Rebecca works with students from all educational backgrounds all over the US and the world, with many students concentrated in various regions. Rebecca has worked with many students from the following high schools:
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Bay Area (California) San Diego, CA
BASIS Canyon Crest
Berkeley High Homeschool
Harker Mount Everest Academy
Homeschool The Bishop's School
Khan Lab School Torrey Pines
Los Gatos Westview
Nueva Palomar College
Redwood High San Diego Mesa College
Santa Clara High MiraCosta College
Foothills College
DeAnza College
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Orange County, CA Los Angeles Area
Homeschooled Homeschooled
Orange County School of the Arts California School of the Arts
Orange Lutheran South Pasadena High
iLead Charter Shalhevet School
Irvine Valley Santa Monica College
Saddleback Pasadena City College
Orange Coast
Santiago Canyon​
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Austin, Texas Online
Homeschooled Fusion Academy
Westwood Lauren Springs
Liberal Arts & Science Academy (LASA) Pearson Online
Stanford Online (OHS)
​ Davidson Online Academy
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From 2012 to 2016, she helped Chinese international students apply to American undergraduate and graduate programs for BosonEd.
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Admissions Results:
To read more about the colleges where her students have been admitted, please check out LinkedIn.
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2025: https://shorturl.at/dSOfI
2024: https://tinyurl.com/4udsnfxu
2023: https://tinyurl.com/58pye4uz
2022: https://tinyurl.com/55mmpp4u
2021: https://tinyurl.com/43p6am6k
Conference Presenter:
Rebecca has presented for the Davidson Young Scholars ( serving profoundly gifted students) on radical acceleration and twice-exceptional learners. She's presented at California Homeschool Network’s annual conference and at multiple IECA conferences. She co-moderates CA Homeschool College Seekers on Facebook.​
Education:
Rebecca completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at SDSU, earning a BA in Communicative Disorders, a Multiple Subjects with a Multicultural Emphasis Teaching Credential, and a Communicatively Handicapped Teaching Credential. She received a Specialized College Counseling Certificate from UCSD in 2018.
Memberships:
Rebecca is a member of multiple professional organizations, including the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) as a professional member, the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), and the Western Association for College Admissions Counseling (WACAC).


Personal Information
I am a Christian, and my husband and I are the parents of three wonderful adult sons. Our eldest son graduated from MIT, our middle son attended the University of Pennsylvania, Cal State Fullerton, and currently attends San Diego State University, and our youngest son attends Regent University.
JUST FOR FUN
This was my last dance solo before retiring from performing at age 48! I was a jazz dance specialist, so this, a modern piece, was (quite literally) a stretch for me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llo2tiCIRxY&t=276s
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(Pictured: Point Loma Nazarene University)
