Shereem Herndon-Brown

Shereem Herndon-Brown is the Founder and Chief Education Officer of Strategic Admissions Advice, an educational consulting company specializing in college counseling curriculum creation for schools and school districts, personalized college advice, and essay coaching. Formerly, he worked as an Admissions Officer at Georgetown University and as a college counselor at two independent schools. Working on “both sides of the desk” in admissions gives Shereem a perspective that few others in the profession have. He clearly has his finger on the pulse of what is most important to families and is consistently strategic in his approach to helping students to have school choices.

Shereem is also the co-author of the best-selling book, The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions: A Conversation About Education, Parenting and Race, and the co-founder and board member of the Understanding The Choices Foundation. His most recent book, Powerful College Admission Essays: A Guide to Telling Your Story.

Hailing from Brooklyn, NYC, Shereem is a graduate of Wesleyan University (BA, English and African-American Studies) and Middlebury College/Breadloaf School of English (MA, English).