About Rebecca Grappo

Rebecca Grappo (M.Ed, C.E.P.), is the founder of RNG International Educational Consultants, LLC. As a Certified Educational Planner, she has guided families around the world with educational planning for their children. By talking about the end goals for a student’s education, she helps to plan the strategy to enable the student to meet those goals.

Her expertise and experience is in all facets of education, from meeting the needs of gifted and talented children and adolescents, to those with learning differences. Many of her students are also international students who are learning to speak English as a second language while dreaming of being educated in the United States. She is also an expert in child and adolescent development and parenting. The many years of experience in international schools, hundreds of boarding school and college visits, and work with a multitude of students with varied needs has made her a true expert in her field of educational consulting.

Before becoming an educational consultant and Certified Educational Planner, Rebecca served as Education and Youth Officer for the U.S. Department of State from 2002 to 2006. There, her role was to be the advocate and guide for Foreign Service families as they navigated their way through various assignments around the world. 

A well-known expert in the field of international education and global mobility, Rebecca has also raised her own three children between the U.S. and overseas.  Married to a career diplomat in the American diplomatic service, she herself has lived the complexities faced when relocating a family to a new country and a new culture. She is also a published writer and frequent presenter on various issues related to education, transitions, and resiliency for audiences around the world. Due to her expertise, Rebecca was recruited to design and teach the first ever course in “American College Consulting for the International Student”, offered online by the University of California – Irvine.

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in International Studies and a B.A. in German from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She earned her teacher's certification and Masters of Education (M.Ed) from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and her Certificate in College Counseling from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension.  In addition to her native United States, she has lived in Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Portugal, Jordan, Oman (twice) and the United Arab Emirates.  She speaks Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

She is a professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA); the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC); and the Overseas Association of College Admissions Counselors (OACAC).  She has served on the boards of the American Association of the Foreign Service Worldwide (AASFSW) and the Foreign Service Youth Foundation (FSYF). She is also a member of Families in Global Transition.  

 

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