Candace Channing has been a college consultant for over 30 years and is the founder of Channing College Consulting.

She is an internationally acclaimed flutist and master flute instructor. Early in her teaching career, she began helping her students leverage their passion for music (regardless of skill level) and individual dynamics as a means of differentiating themselves in the highly competitive college process. This “out-of-the-box” approach yielded great success – her students applied, were accepted, and attended schools that complemented their personal needs and desires. Today, Candace’s college consulting embraces that same core concept – empowering all students to both develop insightful college applications based on their unique interests, passions, experiences, talents, and dreams, and to make smart individualized college choices.

Candace is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, with a bachelor’s degree of Music in Flute Performance and Literature, and a concentration in Psychology.  

Lauren Channing LaRusso has been working with Channing College Consulting for the better part of the past decade.

Having taught for four years at Darien High School (DHS) in Darien, CT, she has experience working with all levels of students and teaching a wide range of courses. In addition to teaching at DHS, Lauren spent several years tutoring students for the SAT and ACT Reading, English, and Essay sections.

While working on her bachelor’s degree, Lauren honed her college consulting skills by mentoring high school students in South Hadley, MA through the college process: developing goals, creating résumés, critiquing essays, and reviewing applications. It was also during her time in college that Lauren fell in love with the voices behind the written word and began to appreciate the power of telling a story . She spent her four years surrounding herself with the works of the world’s most powerful and influential thinkers, studying the relationships between literary wonders and the philosophical, historical, and religious texts that informed that literature. This passion, combined with her ability to connect with and motivate high school students while accommodating multiple learning styles, allows her to help individuals complete personalized college applications that express their unique stars.

Lauren holds a Bachelor’s degree from Amherst College in Political Science with a concentration in American Political Theory and Political Ethics and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut.