MIMI DOE is the award-winning author of Nurturing Your Teenager’s Soul: A Practical Approach to Raising a Kind, Honorable, Compassionate Teen, Busy but Balanced: Practical and Inspirational Ways to Create a Calmer, Closer Family, Drawing Angels Near, and 10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting: Nurturing Your Child’s Soul, which was awarded a Parents’ Choice Approved Seal and was a finalist in the Books For a Better Life Award. Mimi and Michele coauthored Don't Worry You'll Get In!, Set Yourself Apart: The Ultimate Guide to Top Summer Programs, and Application Boot Camp: Self Guided Program.  They also cofounded Application Boot Camps which have gained international attention and were featured in the New York Times as well as BusinessWeek Magazine.

Doe founded the popular Web site SpiritualParenting.com and holds a Master’s Degree in Education from Harvard University.

Dubbed a “parenting guru” by Ladies Home Journal, Mimi is the preeminent expert in the area of instilling balance and awareness in the household. She takes a practical yet deeply soulful approach to her subject, offering simple suggestions that can be integrated into the everyday lives of even the busiest families.

Doe is featured in weekly segments on The Hallmark Channel’s New Morning TV, and was recently seen on Oprah and the CBS Early Show. Her work has been covered in such publications as Child, Parenting, McCalls, Family Circle, Redbook, Reader’s Digest, Publisher’s Weekly, USA Today, The London Independent, Christian Science Monitor, and The Washington Post.

Mimi reaches over 50,000 parents through her online newsletter, “Spiritual Parenting Thought for the Week,” and through workshops and seminars worldwide. She is a featured expert on Beliefnet.com and ClubMom. Parenting groups based on the principles in Doe’s book, 10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting, are meeting around the world.

Mimi is an advocate for children and teenagers and believes that in the admissions process, knowledge is power.  Her work writing, Don't Worry Get In with Michele and co-founding Applicaton Boot Camps is in an effort to lessen the stress associated wtih this frantic process.  It is her mission to make applications and admissions less stressful by fully informing kids as well as supporting them in presenting their true selves. 

She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband and two teenaged daughters.

Visit Mimi's other Web site at SpiritualParenting.com.

Dr. Michele Hernandez has come to be known as the "admissions guru" through her college consulting work with high school students and her best selling books: A is for Admission (Warner), The Middle School Years (Warner) and Acing the College Application (Ballantine). Hernandez is one of America's leading experts in selective college admissions and counseling services and has been featured in hundreds of newspapers, magazines, radio and television programs including Newsweek, Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, Atlantic Monthly, The Today Show, CNN, and MSNBC.

As an assistant director of admissions at Dartmouth College for four years and the academic dean of a private high school in South Florida, Hernandez has crafted a unique angle for assisting students gain admission to the most selective colleges, incorporating her "inside perspective" on the admissions adventure. Dr. Hernandez graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1989 and went on to earn a Master's degree in English and comparative literature from Columbia University and a doctorate in education. She is married to Bruce Bayliss who was Headmaster of a private school in Portland, Oregon and has two children, Alexia (age 8) and Ian (age 3) and two golden retrievers.

Visit Michele's other Web site at HernandezCollegeConsulting.com.