Elaina

Founder

Education
B.A., Allegheny College
M.F.A., University of Florida

Offerings
Admissions Consulting
Essay Writing
College Essays
Private School Essays
Test Prep (SSAT, HSPT, TJ)

Elaina Mercatoris is a graduate of Allegheny College, where she was the editor-in-chief of The Campus newspaper and The Allegheny Review. She completed her masters from the University of Florida (M.F.A in Writing) where she was assistant editor of the Journal for Undergraduate Research. She has taught at the University of Florida and the Santa Fe Learning Lab and specializes in reading & writing development as well as TJ/SSAT prep. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Subtropics magazine, Compose Journal, Natural Bridge, and Cosmopolitan online.

Favorite book:
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Hidden talent:
Fly swatting

On my days off, you can find me...
reading a book, coloring with our four-year-old Jo, or running on a nearby trail.