Jaye is a college advice columnist for Seventeen.com and the author of Seventeen’s Guide To Getting Into College. As a former senior admission officer at Columbia University, Jaye found a passion for creating greater awareness about the college admission process and decided to use the medium of entertainment to educate students and families about what it takes to get into college.

In 2005, Jaye co-created and produced ABC’s The Scholar, an unscripted television drama that gave 10 high school seniors the chance to compete for a full ride college scholarship. Jaye is currently in production as producer and director of the feature-length documentary film First Generation which takes a thought provoking look at the state of equal opportunity in education by chronicling the lives of low-income high school students who are first in their families to attend college.

Jaye’s passion for increasing college access and awareness has led her to volunteer as a college counselor with the non-profit organization College Summit. She also serves as a consultant for the Seattle-based college placement firm College Match. Jaye has 8 years of film and television experience directing documentary-style interviews, producing television shows and short films, and casting such shows as Project Runway, 30 Days, Laguna Beach: The Real OC, The Simple Life, I’m With Rolling Stone, and Dance Life. Jaye has been interviewed by USA Today, US News & World Report, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Inside Higher Ed, and has published numerous articles on college admission. As a professional speaker, Jaye has given keynote addresses for CollegeWeekLive, Columbia University, Pepperdine University, and hundreds of high schools across the country. She is also a monthly contributor to the professional women’s forum Damsels in Success. Jaye graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and French, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband Adam.