About Jessie

Jessie Peck Martin, MEd, is the founder of CompassU Educational Consulting, LLC, dba "Elevated Admissions." She launched her business in 2014 with 25 years of experience in classrooms, in educational publishing, and in youth advocacy. Jessie visits an average of twenty colleges and schools annually. She also meets with admissions officers and colleagues and attends national conventions to stay up-to-date on the ever-shifting admissions landscape. Jessie was named a professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) in 2019, and she is also an active member of the New Jersey Association of College Admissions Counselors (NJACAC), New Jersey Independent Educational Consultant Association Regional Group (NJIECA), and the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC). Jessie earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing and a master’s degree in education from Lehigh University (go Brown and White!).

When she is not meeting with students, Jessie is less busy than she was for decades with her four children. She and her husband have launched two college graduates (University of Chicago `18, Lehigh University `19). Their daughter is currently a fourth-year medical student (Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine '25). Their younger son and daughter are in college (Lehigh University '27, Haverford College '28) after attending the same ski academy (Stratton Mountain School `22 & `24). Jessie enjoys a yoga class here and there and cares for a hyperactive German Shorthair Pointer, two geriatric horses, and one easily spooked but sweet gelding. She volunteers in northwest New Jersey and Colorado. When not coaching alpine ski racing or running his business, her husband, Dave, is an active participant in the chaos. 

About Melissa

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT and LD/ND SPECIALIST

Melissa Miller Faucher, MA, joins our Elevated Admissions team with 20 years of classroom and educational experience, informed by the unique perspective gained while parenting a child who struggles with dyslexia. After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Vermont and a Master of Arts degree in Secondary Education from NYU, Melissa began her teaching career in 2000 at the School of the Future, a New York City Public School funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where technology was incorporated into the everyday classroom. Additional teaching endeavors have included teaching mathematics at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, CT and at New Canaan Country School in New Canaan, CT. Currently, she also teachers middle school math and science at Stratton Mountain School in Stratton, VT. Melissa prides herself on applying her own experience working with kids with learning differences to her teaching and tutoring processes. 

When she isn’t chasing Oscar, her Aussiemo (Australian Cattle Dog / American Eskimo Dog) puppy, she can be found running between events for her three children who attend independent schools in New England.

About Amber

LEAD EDITOR AND ESSAY SPECIALIST

For over a decade, Amber has taught both English and AVID, a course that focuses on college readiness and executive functioning skills. While she loves working with students to develop their confidence in the writing process, she has also become passionate about helping students create strong foundational skills, such as organization, self-reflection, habit formation, and intentional study strategies. Through her extensive work in the Texas school system, both in public schools and at an early college high school, she has developed expertise in helping students hone and leverage their writing and organizational skills to achieve academic, college, and career success so they are well-positioned to meet their post-secondary school goals. Amber earned a Bachelor of Arts in both English Rhetoric and Telecommunication and Media Studies from Texas A&M University.

When she’s not working with students, Amber enjoys spending time with her husband and two young boys, reading, working out, and baking the occasional sourdough loaf.