Lives Under Construction

Educational and College Counseling for the Intelligent, Curious and Adventurous

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Lives Under Construction,LLC                                                                                        

Nancy.A.Levonian@gmail.com

703-426-1962                                                                                                                   

Nancy A. Levonian, PhD: I have a graduate certificate in College Counseling from the University of California, Los Angeles, and did college counseling for about three years with students from the Fairfax Math Circle before launching a private practice. I am interested in helping students who are intelligent, curious, and adventurous find educational and work experiences that help them further their goals.

As a parent of two boys, David, class of 2013 at MIT, and Matt, a high school junior, I know what parents are experiencing. My ideas about mentoring come from a cross-fertilization of promoting teamwork as a scientist and as a rugby coach, my experiences parenting, my training as a college counselor, my experiences counseling students, and extensive research and study.

Background in Science:   I am trained as a scientist, with a S.B. from MIT and a Ph.D. in Earth Science (geophysics) at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1987. On the Research Staff at Columbia University and Stanford from 1987-1993, I served as chief scientist on the RV Moana Wave and HMS Charles Darwin mapping the Caribbean seafloor. I published under my maiden name, Nancy Breen.  

Background in Sports:  In college I began a long career playing and coaching rugby, the ultimate team sport. I coached MIT women's rugby, UCSC, Stanford University, the Northern California women's all-star side, and Berkeley during the years 1979-1993. I played for US Women's National team in 1989.

Nancy Levonian

7350 Shenandoah Avenue

Annandale, VA  22003