Our Team
Our mentor and management team have many years of experience in college admissions, counseling and guidance. Every member of our expert team has evaluated thousands of college applications and know how applications will be read by top schools and what it takes to stand out.
Perceiver brings together an elite team of counselors and mentors including former director of admissions, world’s leading leadership coach, principal scientist at NASA-JPL, EMMY Award winning STEM consultant, postdoctoral research associate at Argonne National Laboratory, and professors from top universities such as Stanford, Caltech, UCLA and USC, etc.
Board of Advisors
Dr. Robert Stephenson
STEM Consultant
Emmy Award-Winning Host and Creator of Curious Crew
2010 National Teacher of the Year Finalist
2009-2010 Michigan Teacher of the Year
2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
Dr. John Moran
Transformational education leader, who has created sustainable change and excellence in schools, colleges, and corporations in the US and China for thirty years
Master of Education from the Harvard and a Doctor of Education from USC
Principal and Superintendent of private schools and the Dean and Chancellor of colleges for many years
A published author, motivational speaker, and education consultant, as well as a Harvard Interviewer
Helped hundreds of students enter top colleges. Also, he is the father of two adult sons, who were both accepted to Harvard
Mr. Nanxian Chen
Honorary Chairman of Shenzhen Yucai Education Group
Founding Principal of Shenzhen Yucai Schools
Honorary President at Shenzhen Learning Disorders Association
Independent Director at ISS-LINK
China National Excellent Educator
Dr. Alex Duke
MS and Ph.D. in Higher Education
Former Director of Admissions and Student Affairs at UCLA
Former Assistant Dean for Enrollment and Student Services at USC
Former Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at Pardee RAND Graduate School
30+ years of experience in higher education recruiting, admissions, scholarships, enrollment, and student affairs
Dr. Paul Stoltz
The originator of Adversity Quotient® (AQ®)
World's leading authority on the integration and application of GRIT and resilience
Founder and CEO at PEAK Learning, Inc.
Top 10 most influential global thinkers
Oversees research in 17 countries as Director of the Global Resilience Project
Member of Stanford University’s Distinguished Leaders Lecture Series
Jency Yan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
MBA, University of Wolverhampton (UK)
China National Certified Psychological Consultant (Level 2)
Developer of Fortune 500 Corporate Training Programs
HR Talent Development and Succession Planning
Liyan Jiang
Director of Service Leadership
MA in TESOL, Azusa Pacific University, California
BA in Foreign Language Education, Guiyang Teachers College, China
College & high school admissions counselor, academic advisor, and family education consultant
Teacher of English and Chinese as second languages; curriculum developer, program designer, and classroom manager at the secondary and university level
Cammy Wang
Senior Mentor
J.D., Loyola University (CA State Bar Licensed)
M. Ed., Harvard University
B.A. in Communication Studies, UCLA
Over 15 years of experience as a senior college and career counselor
25 years of experience in teaching
James Wang
Senior Mentor
B.A., Economics, University of California Berkeley
MBA, University of Southern California
10+ Years of experience in helping international families gain admissions into US/UK/Canada universities and boarding schools
Melissa Lopez
Academic Mentor
B.A., Honors, Psychology, Dartmouth College
Program Coordinator, FYSEP, Dartmouth College
Program Lead, Ivy Camps USA
Co-Chair, Dartmouth Center for Social Impact
Flora Guo
Client Support Manager
B.A. in English Literature, minor in International Business
Prolific and passionate writer and translator
More than 15 years of experience across different industries including newspaper, international cultural collaborations in theater and dance, and business management
Five years of experience in consultation and market research in higher and secondary education
Jean Shao
Director of Operations (SCR)
M.Ed., New York University
Taught at Brooklyn Technical High School, top three public high schools in New York
10 years of experience in college application consulting and English training
Counseled 100+ students to successfully enter top 30 universities in the US, as well as other well-known universities in the UK, Australia, and Canadan universities in the UK, Australia, and Canada
Jasmine Ding
Business Development Manager
M.S., Public Policy, Georgetown University
Visiting Scholar, Global Access Program, UC Berkeley
International Graduate Student Ambassador, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graduate Assistant at Student Affairs Office, Georgetown University
Project Assistant, Mitacs Global Link, University of Manitoba
5+ years of experience in education counseling and business development
100+ clients successfully entered UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles and top 30 universities
Scott Phelps
Science Tutor
M.S., Geophysics, California Institute of Technology 14 years of teaching high school science and math and tutoring privately
22 years of teaching college math and science at the University of La Verne, Mt. SAC, Chaffey College, Cal Poly Pomona, Citrus College, Cal State LA, UCLA teaching assistant in statistics
Board Member at PUSD
Cindy Ma
Chief Marketing Officer
MBA, Johnson and Wales University
12 years of experience across business and operations management at Fortune 500 corporations worldwide
Ying Yang
Strategic Advisor
MBA, University of Southern California
10+ years of experience as Senior Finance Manager in Media and Finance industry
Tory Elmore
Senior Mentor
M.S. in Geography and Computer Programming Development, University of Wisconsin- Madison
College admissions consultant
Private tutor for SAT/ACT, K-12 and college-level English and Language Arts, and ESL
7 years experience teaching English
Nicole Larios
Academic Mentor
B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Chinese Studies and Comparative Literature, University of California-Irvine
Year Abroad, Chinese Language and Culture, New York University-Shanghai
Admission Officer, Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA
English Instructor, Spain and China
Joy Frey
Director of Client Support
B.A., Business Administration, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Senior consultant for college application
10 years of experience across business and operation management
Video Production Management
Han Zheng
Client Support Manager
PhD canditate, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Florida
M.A. TESOL, New York University
9+ years of experience in teaching and counseling. Subjects taught include English Writing, SAT, ACT, TOEFL, SSAT, etc.
Experienced in academic and school counseling. Familiar with both Chinese and American education and cultures
Bill Tao
Sales Manager (SCR)
Studied MS in financial analysis program, University of San Francisco
10+ years of experience in college counseling
Helped over 150 Chinese students get top 50 US college offers; 85% of them were admitted to top 35 US colleges
Rachel Miller
English Tutor
Southern Illinois University, MA in TESOL
Taught freshman English at UCI
Over 10 years of English teaching experience
Experience in private tutoring: reading fluency for children and pronunciation classes for international companies
Arizona State University, Bachelor in Mass Communication and Design Studies
