Essay Specialist

Erica Brown

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Meet Erica

Erica has worked with hundreds of high school seniors on their college essays both through Moxie and through her longtime volunteer work with College Tracks, a DC-area nonprofit that helps low-income and first-generation students navigate the college application process. She is certified as an essay coach through a top professional training program.

Writing this important part of the college application requires self-reflection, revision, and hard work from the student. Erica is skilled at asking the right questions and listening for answers that can ultimately form great essays. She encourages her students to finalize their essays well ahead of application deadlines by diving in early and helping them stay on track through each stage of the writing process.

Erica is a professional editor with 25 years of experience, having worked in senior editorial positions at policy journals, newspapers, and government agencies. As well as working with Moxie students, she consults for clients in the fields of journalism and public policy to help them shape their publications and online content. Erica is a native North Carolinian and received her degree in English and French from UNC-Chapel Hill. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, hiking in national parks, and trying to master Asian cooking.

Erica Brown

Erica Brown

Essay Specialist

Erica is a Member Of:

National Association for College Admission Counseling

Experience Working With Erica

I really enjoyed working with Erica Brown on my college essays. She took the time to get to know me [read more]2026-07-02T09:00:09-04:00

I really enjoyed working with Erica Brown on my college essays. She took the time to get to know me, and I felt comfortable brainstorming personal essay ideas with her. Erica helped me to focus my thoughts and personalize my essays to highlight my experiences and strengths. Erica was always positive and quickly provided me with feedback on my essays. Overall, working with Erica was a great experience that helped me to produce my best authentic writing.

~ Student of Winston Churchill High School, 2026

Working with Erica Brown was an incredibly positive experience. She was efficient, organized [read more]2026-07-02T09:01:21-04:00

Working with Erica Brown was an incredibly positive experience. She was efficient, organized, and helped me navigate a large number of essays without feeling overwhelmed. Her support made the entire writing process much smoother, and I am really grateful for her guidance!

~ Student of Fenwick High School, 2026

Erica guided our son through a thoughtful process that helped him uncover a meaningful story [read more]2026-07-02T09:04:21-04:00

Erica guided our son through a thoughtful process that helped him uncover a meaningful story and shape it into a compelling college essay. Her process helped him both hone the story and uncover details that brought his idea to life in a way that felt authentic and powerful.

~ Parent of Walt Whitman High School, 2026

Erica Brown was immensely helpful to me when writing my college essays [read more]2026-07-02T09:05:39-04:00

Erica Brown was immensely helpful to me when writing my college essays. She not only gave great feedback and edits but helped me feel confident in my ideas. She also really pushed me through when I hit inevitable writing blocks and challenges. She was frequently available and super kind! My essays would not be the same without her and would definitely not have been done so ahead of time.

~ Student of James Madison High School, 2026

I believe my time working with Erica Brown at Moxie really helped me… [read more]2026-03-11T11:53:25-04:00

I believe my time working with Erica Brown at Moxie really helped me create fantastic essays for college and also helped me develop my writing skills. She was patient and let me write and create my essays on my own and then would give me thoughtful feedback to better my essays.

~ Student of Bullis, 2025

Throughout the whole essay writing process, Erica Brown was critical in expanding my thinking and… [read more]2026-03-11T12:02:00-04:00

Throughout the whole essay writing process, Erica Brown was critical in expanding my thinking and helping me be creative and highlight my true self and personality. I felt like my college essays were truly reflective of me, and that was because Erica listened to me, really got to know me, and understood what I wanted to get across to admissions representatives. She was so instrumental in helping me figure out how to make my writing my own. I sent her countless emails to bounce ideas off of her, and she was always willing to review my essays as many times as I wanted and answer any questions I had. Erica was such an important part in my college application process, and I highly recommend working with her!

~ Student of Walt Whitman High School, 2024

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