Corine Fitzpatrick

Corine Fitzpatrick, Ph. D., a licensed NYSTATE psychologist and mental health counselor, has over 20 years of experience in K – 12 education including work as a high school teacher, a counselor, and a psychologist. Recognizing early in her career the importance of college advising for inner city students, she developed some of the strategies that form the basis of this book including the first Teacher-Advisor system in a New York City Catholic School. Currently, she is a professor in the School of Education at Manhattan College in New York City; she is the chair of the Graduate Programs in School Counseling, Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy. In 2009, she was the recipient of a $400,000 grant focusing on innovative College Advising activities for high school students in New York City and on the enhancement of the expertise of counselors to provide best practices in college advising through professional development courses. In 2015, she partnered with Yonkers Public Schools in a 7 year GEAR – UP grant (Gaining Early Education and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) that has focused on a cohort of their school students, following them from 8th grade through first year in college. She is also a member of the Board of NEWYORKEDGE (https://newyorkedge.org/), a non-profit that works with over 30,000 middle school and high school students to bridge the opportunity gap among underserved students.