The Populus Academy Team

Get to Know Us

Katherine Yang

COLLEGE COUNSELOR | FOUNDER

M.S. | Education Entrepreneurship I University of Pennsylvania

MEd | Educational Psychology | University of Virginia

A Member of NACAC

A Member of NAFSA

8 years of counseling experience

Issy Sun

COLLEGE COUNSELOR

MPA | Public Policy | University of Wisconsin-Madison

LLM | University of Wisconsin-Madison

LLB | East China University of Political Science and Law

Experienced Diamond Challenge Coach

7 years of counseling experience

Huan Yang

Essay Consultant

M.S. | Education Entrepreneurship I University of Pennsylvania

Vice President of NAFSA

Teacher at UPenn ISSS

Founder of Penn China Education Summit

Penn Alumni Interviewer

Jared Chris

Essay Consultant

PhD Student | Harvard University

MA | Chinese History and Philosophy | Harvard University
BA | Carleton College

Daniel Mao

Academic Counselor (STEM/Business)

MBA | Georgetown University

BS | Biomedical Engineering | Tsinghua University

CFA

WGHS Coach

Elie Goldman

Essay Consultant

M.S. | Education Entrepreneurship I University of Pennsylvania

BA | Emory University

A Member of Teach for America

Teacher and Director of Internships at Washington Leadership Academy Public Charter School

Philip Pan

Business Competition Coach

Student | The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Champion of Diamond Challenge 2019

Former Model UN President

Victor Russo

Experienced Writing Coach and All Subjects Tutor

M.S. | Education Entrepreneurship I University of Pennsylvania

BA | College of William & Mary

Candy Tang

Experienced College Counselor and Business Competition Coach

Cornell University

8 years of experience in college counseling, teaching and essay editing

Peggy Yang

Experienced STEM Tutor

Student | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Former USACO Gold Division Competitor

Will Conly-Dwyer

Experienced Writing Coach and Essay Consultant

M.S. | University of Pennsylvania

B.A. | Temple University

Sydney Moss

Experienced Writing Coach and Essay Consultant

Harvard University

University of California Berkeley