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Dr. Rachel A. Winston is a professor, researcher, and analyst who writes and publishes books and articles on various aspects of education. As a scientist, mathematician, and leadership expert, she has been a professor of college counseling, mathematics, and engineering as well as a trusted global college admissions consultant. With more than three decades of experience in higher education, she has taught at major universities in the United States and studied at more than a dozen colleges including: Harvard, UCLA, USC, NYU, and GWU as well as graduate school in China. As a mathematician, she won the Cryptanalyst Award at a National Science Foundation program in Bletchley Park, England.
Living in Europe and the Washington, D.C. area as a child and traveling to a hundred countries throughout her life, her broad range of experience has made her one of the leading cross cultural consultants. She trained counselors around the world teaching in the UCLA College Counseling Certificate Program.
Starting college at thirteen and winning the National High School Senior of the Year from the American Legion, she has earned numerous undergraduate and graduate degrees. Dr. Winston holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and numerous master’s degrees, including her most recent M.S. in Publishing from The George Washington University.
In her Southern California community, she served on the Board of Directors of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Tomorrow, and the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges, and was also the Education Committee Director of the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce. She served the Regional Coordinator for the Mathematical Association of America. Prior to coming to California she worked on Capitol Hill, the White House, and the U.S. Department of Labor. She won the 2012 McFarland Literary Achievement Award and has spoken at over a hundred local and national meetings and conferences. Dr. Winston published her first mathematics book in the 80s and spends her life serving and inspiring students to achieve their college and career goals.
