Prepped and Polished Podcast

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Alexis talks to founder of The Essay Adviser, Elly Swartz. The Essay Adviser is a company th...

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Alexis shares three tips to help you raise your grades to A's. Enjoy, Thanks for Listening a...

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Alexis talks to Gerald Chertavian, social entrepreneur, author, and Founder and CEO of Year...

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Tutor Terri Karol answers Nine Frequently Asked questions about the New SAT Exam. Enjoy, Tha...

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Alexis talks to Alan Katzman Founder and CEO of Social Assurity, a social media advisory ser...

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Alexis continues the tutoring tips series. Today he talks SAT's as he helps you prepare for...

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is T educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Alexis is joined by Jeff Leiken, creator of Evolution Mentoring and Mentor Counseling. He is...

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Alexis introduces the tutoring and test prep tips series with the "The Three Qualities that...

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Alexis introduces some new elements to the show including, tutoring and test prep tips, inte...

Alexis talks to Danielle Boland who is the Founder of Real You Revolution, an elite recovery coaching and intervention service that helps people with addictive and fearful tendencies get honest with themselves and take control of their lives. Danielle talks about her personal struggles with alcohol, and how she transitioned from a lucrative career as a sales director to now empowering others to ov...

Alexis Avila talks to college freshman Sierra Weiss. As only a high school senior, Sierra founded Dance 4 Empowerment, an award-winning non-profit organization which helps children with disabilities improve their self-esteem, social integration, and cognitive awareness through dance. In 2014, Sierra was named the NBA Boston Celtics’ “Hero Among Us” and her program Dance 4 Empowerment was recently...

Alexis Avila talks to Halley Shefler who is Founder and President of ArtsBridge, an educational consulting firm which specializes in connecting talented students with educational opportunities in the visual and performing arts. Halley completed her undergraduate degree at Sarah Lawrence College, and earned a Masters degree at Boston University. She is an accomplished flutist who has performed with...

Alexis Avila talks to Sarah Ward who is co-director of Cognitive Connections, an executive function practice based out of Concord, Massachusetts. Sarah has over 15 years experience in diagnostic evaluations, treatment and case management of children, adolescents and adults with a wide range of developmental and acquired brain based learning difficulties and behavioral problems Sarah’s particular i...

Alexis Avila speaks to Celest Horton founder of How To Pay For College HQ, www.howtopayforcollegehq.com one of the leading online resources to help serve others looking to earn a degree debt free. Celest was able to search and secure enough Scholarships to fully fund her own education and expenses, and now via her weekly podcast and blog teaches others how to pay for college without loans.

Alexis Avila talks to Debbie Stier, author of The Perfect Score Project, which highlights a mom’s adventure preparing for and taking the SAT a whopping 7 times in one year. Debbie’s story and book were featured on the Today Show and in publications such as The New Yorker and The Huffington Post. Debbie shares with us the secrets she learned preparing for the SAT from working with private SAT tutor...

Alexis Avila talks to Tom Kovic who is the founder and director of Victory Collegiate Consulting an educational service that advises parents and athletes in proactive preparation for the college athletics recruiting process. Tom spent 19 years as head coach of Gymnastics at The University of Pennsylvania, and led U Penn to 8 Ivy League Championships. Tom is the author of "Reaching for Excellence"...

Alexis Avila talks to the educational team of Evan Forster and David Thomas. Evan Forster and David Thomas are founders of Educational Consulting Firm, Foster-Thomas Inc. based in New York City. Evan Forster recieved his BS in Speech from Northwestern University and MFAs in Screenwriting and Film Production from UCLA. David Thomas recieved his BA in Asian Studies and Japanese from U-Texas Austin a...

Alexis Avila talks to young adult author, teacher, and teen life coach Cyndy Etler. Etler has spent the past decade teaching troubled teens and their teachers in schools across America. Etler's work has been featured in media outlets from NPR to VOYA. It has been praised by best-selling authors Ellen Hopkins, LouAnne Johnson and C.J.Lyons. Etler is currently at work on her second young adult memoi...

lexis Avila talks to Speaker and New York Times Best Selling Author Harlan Cohen. Harlan’s bestselling books include, The Naked Roomate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, and Getting Naked: Five Steps to Finding the Love of Your Life (While Fully Clothed & Totally Sober). Harlan shares his journey (and struggles along the way) as a successful writer and popular speaker inspiring...

Alexis Avila talks to Author and Foster Care Expert Dr. John DeGarmo. John is an author, speaker, trainer, and foster and adoptive parent. John has adopted three children from foster care, and has had over 45 children come to live with him in his home. Dr. Degarmo hosts a weekly radio show, Foster Talk, where each week he brings you news and info in the foster care world and guests from the foster...

Alexis Avila talks to teen country artist , Josey Milner. Josey is an 18 year old multi-award-nominated singer and an anti-bullying spokesperson with national non-profit, Angels and Doves. At only 17 years old, she turned heads and changed hearts with her debut US single, “Not Pretty Enough” a song that stands up to bullying and garnered over 200,000 hits on youtube. Josey recently graduated magna...

Alexis Avila talks to Parenting Expert Sue Atkins. Sue is a Teacher, Writer, Speaker, Broadcaster and Parenting Coach at www.theSueAtkins.com Sue is author of two Amazon Best-Selling Books “Parenting Made Easy – How to Raise Happy Children” & ‘Raising Happy Children for Dummies’. Sue shares with us her no-nonsense, simple techniques on how parents can make their life with children easier and how t...

Alexis Avila talks to David McCullough, a Wellesley High School English Teacher for over 26 years. David’s commencement speech to the Wellesley High School Class of 2012 entitled “You Are Not Special” went viral on YouTube and garnered over 2.3 million hits. After creating a world-wide buzz, David went on to write his book, “You Are Not Special, and Other Encouragements”. David shares with us his...

Alexis Avila talks to Chris Herren, Former NBA Basketball player Speaker, and Founder of The Herren Project. Chris played for both the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics, before drug addiction forced him out of the NBA. After a heroin overdose, Chris did 9 months of recovery, and eventually bounced back and started a movement to empower over a half a million kids and keep them off drugs. Chris tell...

Alexis Avila talks to Julie Leven, Violinist ,and Executive and Artistic Director of Shelter Music Boston. Julie is a 2012 has degrees from Boston University School of Management Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership as well as from Oberlin College and Conservatory with degrees in English and Violin Performance. Shelter Music Boston presents classical chamber music concerts, of the hig...