Joshua Steck­el is a col­lege coun­selor at a pub­lic school in Brook­lyn. Josh’s writ­ing and work on col­lege access have been fea­tured by The New York Times, The Atlantic, and on NPR. Josh was select­ed as a thought-leader for the White House’s Reach High­er ini­tia­tive and is a board mem­ber of var­i­ous orga­ni­za­tions ded­i­cat­ed to increas­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty in high­er education.