Dana is a career coach who works with college students and recent graduates to find meaningful work and integrate it with their lives. Known for her positive, realistic, and strengths-based approach, Dana aims to help others present themselves authentically and professionally. She is skilled at identifying ways for people to improve their interpersonal, communication, and relationship building skills in the workplace and the community.

Guiding others through career exploration using self-assessment and curiosity, Dana helps them make progress in identifying next steps.  She partners with students and recent graduates to write resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and cover letters.  She offers mock interviews to help people practice telling their stories.

Dana brings creativity, empathy, and learning from positive psychology research to her coaching at Wellesley College and Harvard Business School. She has been a Designing Your Life certified coach since 2020.  She holds a MA from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a BA from Middlebury College in Vermont.

Professional Affiliations include:

• Designing Your Life Certified Coach

• Alumni Career Services Network Member