Meet the Team

Experienced, thoughtful, and here for your student

We’re a small team of thoughtful mentors who work closely with students (and their families) every step of the way. We’re here to listen, guide, and help your child reach their full potential.

Will

Co-Founder & CEO

Will is a senior at Yale from New York City. He has privately mentored over 30 students. His students have been accepted into every Ivy League university and other top universities, including Stanford, MIT, and West Point. He was also a two-time instructor at Yale Young Global Scholars, where he taught seminars on Hannah Arendt and Leszek Kołakowski. He loves practicing magic and watching old films in his free time.

Madeleine

Co-Founder & COO

Madeleine graduated Yale with a degree in political science. Her experience in mentoring students spans from Yale Young Global Scholars in New Haven, to high schools in rural Panama, to students in São Paulo with Yale Model United Nations. At Yale, she debates with the Yale Political Union, volunteers with the Yale Community Kitchen, and conducts research at the Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies. In her free time, she loves to sew and play video games.

Mentors

Smart, supportive, and fully in your corner

Our mentors know what it’s like to be in high school today—and how to stand out in college admissions. They only work with a few students at a time, so your child gets the attention they deserve. From big-picture planning to last-minute edits, they’re here to guide, motivate, and cheer your student on from start to finish.

Talia

Humanities, Princeton and Yale
Talia Namdar-Cohen is a junior at Yale University majoring in Humanities. She transferred from Princeton University, where she was a reporter for Business Today, Princeton’s business journal, and a member of the Fashion Institute of Princeton. At Yale, she is a member of the Philosophy Debate Society, The Conservative Party, and a chef in Yale’s student-run restaurant. She is also the co-founder of Saqin, an events company that has organized gatherings ranging from 400+ student events to intimate dinners with the Yale School of Management. Outside of the classroom, she loves to write fiction, study Iranian history, cook, and spend time with family and friends.
Owen

History, Grand Strategy, Yale — Yale Law Journal Editor
Owen Hathaway Hacker is a senior at Yale University studying history with a focus on international and diplomatic history. At Yale, he is a member of the 2025 cohort of the Brady-Johnson program in Grand Strategy and a Millstone Fellow in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. He is an undergraduate editor with the Yale Law Journal and a research assistant for Yale Law professor John Witt. Outside of the classroom, he is a captain of Yale’s ultimate frisbee team and works as a barista at Yale’s student-run café, the Acorn.
Cody

[Former Lux Student!] Computer Science & Entrepreneurship, Dartmouth
Cody Kletter was a former Lux student (see our testimonial page!) and is currently a student at Dartmouth studying computer science and mathematics. At Dartmouth, Cody is a fellow at the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship. He’s also a member of the Brovertones a cappella group and the club soccer team. As student body president of his high school, Menlo School, Cody created a school-wide House System to promote inter-grade bonding and school spirit, a tradition that continues today. Cody also founded the NorCal High School Chess Association to address the lack of chess competition among high schools in the Bay Area. Cody has also gained hands-on experience across technology, education, and finance—interning at Swimply.com, Curious Cardinals, Cambridge Associates, and recently, as the lead AI engineer for GovGPT, pitching with the team at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. In his free time, Cody enjoys playing chess, surfing, singing, and spending time in the Dartmouth outdoors.
Rohan

Incoming Yale Law School Student, B.A. in Global Affairs from Yale, Yale Senior Admission Interviewer
Rohan Krishnan graduated cum laude from Yale University in 2024, where he earned a BA in Global Affairs.
During college, Rohan launched Voices of the World, a free speech–focused podcast that featured interviews with international students about identity, expression, and navigating higher education in the United States. After graduation, Rohan helped design and implement a tutoring initiative in Washington, D.C. using data analytics from his day job at Capital One to identify learning gaps and allocate instructional resources more effectively.
Across his work, Rohan has supported students with college applications, essay development, and scholarship strategy, drawing on firsthand experience navigating highly selective admissions processes. He plans to attend Yale Law School in the fall, where he intends to pursue a career in public interest law.
Rohan also served as a Senior Admissions Interviewer for the Yale University Undergraduate Admissions Office, conducting and evaluating applicant interviews and authoring detailed assessment reports to inform admissions decisions.
Dinesh

Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Applied Math, Yale.
Dinesh is a senior at Yale studying Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Applied Math, on the dual BS/MPH program in Biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health. He is interested in statistical and mathematical modeling of infectious disease and the effects of healthcare literacy and scientific communication on healthcare outcomes. He currently works as a student researcher in the Townsend Lab at the Yale School of Public Health. At Yale, Dinesh serves as co-president of the Yale Undergraduate Research Association, and was the former editor-in-chief of the Yale Global Health Review. In his free time, Dinesh enjoys Taekwondo, bookbinding, and watching Indian movies.