About Carol

As the Founding Head of ATA College Prep, Carol strives to develop a well-rounded student-athlete by encouraging individual thought, self-awareness, and personal responsibility through academic challenges, cultural and artistic experiences, and community service activities.  Her focus is to inspire and mentor a love of learning by individualizing each student’s program according to personal goals, learning styles, strengths, and affinities, culminating in the best college choice – academically, athletically and culturally.

Before found ATA College Prep, she served for 15 years as the Founding Director of the Austin Area Home School Cooperative – bringing together hundreds of students and their families, organizing classes, and forming a community with a passion for learning. Carol continues to use a creative combination of resources to individualize programming, and counsels students and parents through the college and NCAA processes.

Carol is a USTA Texas player and committee member. She has two children: Hannah, an artist-musician who received her BA in Political Science, her MA in Music Business from NYU, and currently serves as the Director of Music and Events at Hotel Van Zandt. Josh, an ATA College Prep graduate, graduated from Notre Dame where he served as a team captain.  He currently lives in Chicago, working in the FinTech industry and coaching tennis.

Her many other ‘children’ are teaching, dancing, acting, investing, studying and making the world a better place to live and play.

Carol holds degrees in Architecture and Environmental Design form Texas A&M University and Mind-Brain-Education from Johns Hopkins University.