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    Jill Constantino
    ​About Me

    Hi, I'm Jill! I am a flower farmer, a writer, an anthropologist, and a college coach who lives in rural Maryland. I suppose I like to try all that hats. I was also 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, a dog, and some chickens. I wrote a memoir called Tangled Beings. It is about motherhood, fishermen, and the Galápagos Islands (in revision with Tessler Literary Agency). I have a new book called The People's Guide to College Applications (forthcoming in Spring 2026 from  Prometheus Books). 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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