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Qualifications

Educational Credentials

Barnard College Graduate Ivy League Womens' College Degree Cum Laude

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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Columbia University Ivy League Graduate Cum Laude
Baldwin Wallace University Musical Theatre Program Acting BFA Transfer
UC Berkeley College Admissions Professional Certification Program
University of California Berkeley Professional Certification Program Qualified Certified

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

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Western Association for College Admissions Consulting
IECs for Human Rights Nonprofit Organization

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.

 

↳ HECA's Advocacy Committee

       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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Campus Q Queer Student Support Trans Safety Womens College Help
Miller Liberatore Cum Laude Graduate Columbia University Library
HECA Tour Atlanta Georgia Miller Liberatore MillerCAC

Specialty Expertise

LGBTQIA+ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Questioning Intersex Asexual Plus + Support Safety
Theatre Program Audition Support Arts Performing Arts Theater Degree

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."

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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.

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