Qualifications
Educational Credentials
Barnard College of Columbia University
Bachelor of Arts, Double Major: Sociology (Research Thesis) and Theatre (Directing Thesis)
Graduated with Cum Laude Honors from the Ivy League, Cumulative G.P.A. of 3.86, Dean’s List
Transferred in from Baldwin Wallace University B.F.A. in Acting Program
Cumulative G.P.A. of 4.0, Dean’s List & Presidential Scholarship
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University of California, Berkeley Extension
Professional Certificate Program in College Admissions & Career Planning
Professionally certified as a College Admissions Consultant
Specialization in performing arts and queer studies
Professional Affiliations
HECA (Higher Education Consultants Association) Full Member
The Higher Education Consultants Association’s Standards and Ethics Statement for our members
is based on four core values: ethical counsel, integrity, respect, and confidentiality.
Miller is the co-chair of HECA's Advocacy Committee, which recently merged the D.E.I. (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) committee with the HGRC (HECA Government Relations Committee).
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WACAC (Western Association for College Admission Counseling)
Miller is a member of the Western Association for College Admission Counseling and subscribes to NACAC’s Guide to Ethical Practice in College Admission.
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IECs for Human Rights – Nonprofit Advocacy Group
Our mission is to promote progressive change for disadvantaged students by advocating for them
within our organizations, to colleges, and to leaders in government. IECs (Independent Educational
Consultants) taking direct action to advocate for LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and other marginalized students.
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Campus Q – Nonprofit Organization
Miller is a board member of this up-and-coming nonprofit. Campus Q aims to provide access to resources around the unique college search for LGBTQ+ students, including information and experiences specific to individual college campuses.
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Specialty Expertise


LGBTQIA+ Support & Safety
My life's work is centered around helping marginalized students find the schools where they will be safe and loved and known. I'm a trans-nonbinary educator who attended an inclusive women's college. I have spent my time in higher education exploring the social, creative, and political nuances of what it means to be queer; my sociology degree from Barnard/Columbia revolved around anti-racist intersectional feminism and queer liberation. ​
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Performing Arts Prep & Auditions
If you want to pursue the performing arts, the workload of the college application process doubles. As a theatre director with a theatre directing degree from Barnard/Columbia, as a college admissions consultant, and as someone who went through the college audition process dozens of times myself, I am uniquely qualified to help students navigate this complicated process–– especially students who don't match the stereotype. For my sociology degree, I conducted an auto-ethnographic research thesis on the dynamics of youth theatre and queer identity formation: "How Theatre Gives Gender: Acting as a Corporeal Catalyst for Queerness."
MORE ABOUT ME, MY EDUCATION, AND MY WORK:
During my time at Barnard College of Columbia University, I completed a senior thesis project for each of my two majors: for my sociology major, I conducted an auto-ethnographic research thesis on the dynamics of youth theatre and queer identity formation: "How Theatre Gives Gender: Acting as a Corporeal Catalyst for Queerness," and for my theatre major, I explored and defended my dramaturgical use of supernatural naturalism as the director of the new play CloudMelt by Heidi Kraay. After Columbia, I earned my post-graduate professional certification as a college admissions consultant from U.C. Berkeley Extension, where I continued the work I began at Barnard by focusing on the issues of queer rights/safety for college applicants and the systemic inequity of performing arts programs and their admissions systems. The U.C.B. Professional Certificate Program in College Admissions & Career Planning ended with a practicum, for which I interned at St. Mary's School (a private high school in Medford, Oregon) as a mock interviewer and essay mentor. Since then, I have been freelancing as a college admissions consultant and continuing my work as a theatre director.
As for my professional advocacy for queer/human rights and safety in the admissions field, I work with a number of organizations. I am co-chair of the Advocacy Committee of the Higher Education Consultants Association (which recently merged the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee with the HECA Government Relations Committee in order to form a more productive group). I also belong to IECs for Human Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group which promotes progressive change for disadvantaged students by advocating for them within our organizations, to colleges, and to leaders in government. Most recently, I joined the board for the new nonprofit organization, Campus Q, which aims to provide access to resources around the unique college search for LGBTQ+ students, including information and experiences specific to individual college campuses.