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Jill Constantino
​About Me

Hi, I'm Jill! I am an adventurous flower farmer, an eager author, a growth-seeking writing instructor, and a curious anthropologist. Also, I was a fox researcher in the Channel Islands, a high school science teacher in rural North Carolina, a bike messenger in Seattle, and a bartender and Fulbright Scholar in the Galápagos Islands. I received my doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan, then taught writing and anthropology at Harvard where I was a Dean. ​

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After Harvard, my husband and I moved to a farm in Maryland where we raise four kids, two cats, a dog, some chickens, and so many mice and snakes who battle us for territory.I have a brand new book called The People's Guide to College Applications (Globe Pequot Publishing Group/Prometheus). This book walks students and their families through the college application process in concrete steps, using lots of examples while encouraging calm and joy. I have another book: A Memoir in Dead Animals. It is about motherhood, fishermen, and the Galápagos Islands (in revision with Tessler Literary Agency). When I'm not writing, chasing raccoons and hawks from my chickens, or selling iris rhizomes to the greater DC area, I teach college application and essay writing workshops from my barn. I coach students into their favorite schools across the country while mentoring parents into contentment. 

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Feel free to write with any inquiries or thoughts!  Jill

jillcelesteconstantino@gmail.com

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