Mandy Savitz-Romer, Ph.D., is the Nancy Pforzheimer Aronson Senior Lecturer in Human Development and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She is also the faculty lead of the school counseling strand of the human development and education program. She writes and speaks extensively on college and career readiness and school-based counseling, especially as it relates to students of color and first-generation college students. Dr. Savitz-Romer is the author of Fulfilling the Promise: Reimagining School Counseling to Advance Student Success and co-author of Ready, Willing, and Able: A Developmental Approach to College Access and Success and Technology and Engagement: Making Technology Work for First-Generation College Students. Dr. Savitz-Romer earned her Ph.D. from Boston College and her master’s degree in school counseling from Boston University.
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