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Deanna Podlenski

I have devoted my entire career to helping college students reach their goals. It is truly my passion! I have supported hundreds of students through various struggles. Sometimes it just takes the right helping hand for a student to succeed. That is why I started College Success Coaching! I draw upon my diverse expertise and education to provide my clients with a client centered, holistic, and empathetic coaching experience. I developed my expertise through my formal education and many years of experience holding positions in college admissions, financial aid, advising, college counseling, and college teaching.

My journey working in higher education began at a small college exclusively devoted to supporting college students with learning differences. With a solid background knowledge of neurodiversity, I then transitioned to a position assisting first generation, immigrant, and low income students find their path to success. As a College Success Counselor at the college, I supported students facing a range of challenges. Those include difficulties with academics, executive function, motivation, financial struggles, career uncertainty, college adjustment challenges, executive functioning, motivation, family pressures, and general stress management. I am currently a full time Associate Professor of Business.

I hold a Master of Arts with a concentration in counseling, a Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. In my spare time, I love to be active, play my flute, and spend time with my family and friends.

“Education is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think.”

Albert Einstein

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