Katie Bacon enjoys working with students to help them figure out colleges that are a good fit for who they are and who they hope to be. She is an experienced writer, editor, and interviewer who worked for The Atlantic in Boston for ten years before the magazine moved to Washington, DC.
She has written everything from profiles to personal essays to reviews to scientific critiques, and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and Harvard’s Ed. magazine, among other places. Katie brings her skills to her work as a college consultant and writing specialist at Galin Education. She specializes in helping writers find their voice by expressing themselves clearly, logically, and eloquently. She genuinely loves talking with students and asking questions as a way to help them figure out and showcase their strengths and interests.
Katie holds a certificate in college counseling from UCLA Extension, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Amherst College, where she majored in American studies.
Katie lives in Brookline, MA with her family. She is on the Board of Overseers of the Brookline Education Foundation, where she supervised their grants and programs for four years. She volunteers for Beacon Academy, coaching Greater Boston students through the application process for independent schools as a way to help close the opportunity gap, and is on the board of the Brookline Food Pantry. She loves reading both fiction and nonfiction, playing tennis and pickleball, and hiking with her family and their dog.
