Mountain Vista graduate looks to help students perfect college essays

concise, clear and interesting and hooks the reader,” said Moore.

But years of practice helped Moore gain con dence.

in their college application essays as well as writing in general, Moore created a college essay workshop.

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Like other students, Jessica Moore was once a high school student writing a college essay, now she is o ering a college workshop to help students in the same community she grew up in feel more con dent in their writing.

“High school, ideally, kind of leads you to a path where you go to college and kind of restart your life,” said Moore. “I just remember feeling very uncertain and a lot of anxiety about my future.”

Moore started Moore Advantage Communications based on her own life experiences.

In high school, Moore remembers there being multiple resources to help her prepare for the ACT and extracurricular activities, but felt she was on her own for her essay.

“It can be very di cult to go from a blank page to something that’s compelling,

After graduating from Mountain Vista High School, Moore attended Stanford University where she became a writing tutor. She continued on to earn a Masters of Business Administration from e Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

“I realized that there’s a gap that exists there as it pertains to college applications,” said Moore.

Moore worked at Google for seven years and now works at Amazon Web Service, or AWS, on the Talent Management Research Science Team.

Over the last 15 years, Moore said she has picked up many skills by working with communications professionals and is eager to share what she has learned.

“Your essay is the opportunity to really humanize who you are,” said Moore. “ e experiences that you’ve had that have baked you into the individuals you are today.”

With a goal of helping others to be more con dent e rst step is helping students understand their application is part of a puzzle, along with one’s GPA, extracurricular activities and test scores. rough brainstorming, the planning step is to help students understand what their objective is and how to communicate it in a way that’s e ective.

One of Moore’s intentions with the workshop is to create a safe space where students can feel comfortable learning and leave with practical skills.

When putting together her seven step workshop - prepare, plan, write, revise, share, re ne and nalize - she wanted to build in moments of interactivity.

“College admissions o cers, they’re reading hundreds of applications,” said Gunther. “If you can tell a story, you’ll make yourself more memorable.”

During the writing and rewriting process, Moore said she will provide tips such as writing for 25 minutes at a time