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 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 students. She homeschooled for 25 years and worked for Regina Caeli, a small private school, helping homeschool families with course choices, special needs students, and college planning. 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 a communicator and educator.
 

College Counselor:

Since 2012, Rebecca has helped students plan for, and complete the college application process. She enjoys teaching students about the admissions process and loves helping students find their voices.

 

High School Experience

Rebecca works with students from all educational backgrounds all over the world, with many students concentrated in the Bay Area. Rebecca has worked with many students from the following high schools:

Bay Area

BASIS

Berkeley High

Harker

Homeschool

Khan Lab School

Los Gatos

Nueva 

Redwood High School

Santa Clara High School

San Diego

Canyon Crest

Homeschool

Mount Everest Academy

The Bishop's School

Torrey Pines

Westview

Orange County

Homeschooled

Orange County School of the Arts

Orange Lutheran High School

iLead Charter

Los Angeles Area

California School of the Arts

Homeschooled

Santa Monica College

South Pasadena High School

Austin, Texas

Homeschooled

Westwood (Austin)

 

From 2012-2016, 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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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), the Western Association for College Admissions Counseling (WACAC), and the California Homeschool Network (CHN).