2025 - 2026 HECA Community Coordinators

My background is in writing, research, and career path planning, so I get to do all my favorite things in this profession! Before becoming a college advisor, I was a freelance editor and proofreader for seven years. And prior to that, I worked for many years in the non-profit sector writing grants, researching public policy issues, and helping underserved communities. I’ve also been an alumni interviewer and coordinated study abroad programs. 

I am a proud alumna of Lowell High School in San Francisco where my lifelong love of learning all started.

Student-Athlete specialist

Advising students since 2016

Certified Educational Planner

With over a decade of combined experience as an independent consultant and as a licensed school counselor in a nationally ranked International Baccalaureate World School, I have supported hundreds of students’ search, application, and matriculation process into selective and highly selective institutions across the United States, Canada, and Europe. I possesses a deep knowledge of high school education systems and how students can best navigate and collaborate with their school-based professionals who need to support their post-secondary processes from the school side. Based in Calgary, Alberta, I provide students and families the opportunity to work locally with someone who understands the unique educational and cultural contexts of Alberta and how to best leverage and articulate these contexts in admissions applications. In addition, I work with students and families across Canada, the United States, and around the world in support of finding the best fitting schools and submitting the most authentic and strongest applications possible. 

Hailee DeMott is the owner of DeMott College and Education Consulting and is an Independent Educational Consultant. She founded DeMott College and Education Consulting to work privately with students and families seeking guidance with education and university planning. Hailee previously worked in higher education in student recruitment and admissions, academic advising and as a faculty member. She is a 2013 United States Fulbright Scholar where she studied in Berlin, Germany and Strasbourg, France. She is proud to service as the Las Vegas Community Coordinator for the Higher Education Consultants Association.

As a student affairs professional who has lived in university housing for most of her career, she’s had her finger on the pulse of the campus and her head in the admissions game. Having been part of shaping the national live/learn trend, she’s built bridges between staff and faculty, teaching First Year Experience to college freshmen and weighing out admissions against enrollment goals, has given her a unique perspective on what college readiness means. She uses her experience to recognize family transitional issues weighed against admissions cues and cultural reflections, with unfading compassion and enthusiasm for her students. After a decade providing private college counseling services and building the premiere college counseling industry software platform, CounselMore, Margaret continues to innovate the industry by pushing the boundaries of what college access truly means.

As an independent educational consultant based in Silicon Valley, I advise high school students and their families on all aspects of the college admissions process.  I help students applying to colleges and universities in the United States and other countries, as well as international students interested in coming to the United States for their studies.

Prior to working in college admissions, the majority of my professional career involved the implementation and support of manufacturing systems for semiconductor companies.  As part of my career transition, I completed the UCLA Certificate Program in College Counseling. I maintain memberships in HECA, IECA, NACAC, WACAC, and International ACAC.