Elizabeth Garcia-Dominguez

Director of Advising

Undergrad School

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Law School

Washington University School of Law

Years of Tutoring Experience

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Elizabeth holds a BA in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in Journalism from the University of Cardiff. She also graduated cum laude with a JD from the Washington University School of Law as a Dean’s Fellow and Scholar in Law on the Davis Endowed Scholarship.

Elizabeth attended UNC-CH as a Morehead Foundation Scholar, graduating summa cum laude. While earning her JD, Elizabeth won the first-year Client Counseling Competition and the first-year Excellence in Oral Advocacy Award. She was a member of the Women’s Law Caucus, served as the St. Louis Women’s Law Association Student Liaison, and won CALI Awards for Advanced Negotiation and Real Estate Negotiation.

With 15 years of coaching experience, Elizabeth has held various roles as a teacher, lawyer, journalist, and editor. She has taught for 12+ years in a variety of school settings, including teaching college-level writing and composition. As an attorney, she worked in private practice and at Bank of America as a trust settlement officer. As a journalist and editor, she wrote news analysis and feature articles for print and online media, and acted as an editor and mentor to numerous staff writers and freelance writers. Elizabeth currently teaches at an independent school, volunteers to tutor students learning English as a second language, and serves as a volunteer alumni application reviewer for the Morehead-Cain Foundation Scholarship.

Throughout Elizabeth’s varied background, the common thread has been her love of mentoring and coaching. She has consistently found deep joy in working with individuals to bring out their best selves, whether through guiding freelance writers, teaching composition to high school or college-level students, or guiding families through the estate planning process.

As an admissions coach, Elizabeth excels at demystifying the law school admissions process and making it more manageable. Her approach provides a balance between supportive advice and ensuring applicants have space to tell their own, authentic story. Elizabeth especially enjoys guiding applicants to hone their personal statements so that their writing truly reflects what makes them stand out as applicants. Additionally, her project management experience and organizational skills help applicants stay on track and finish strong.