Speechwriter.
Essay Transformer.
Founder, Impact Admissions
Inna Effress
Inna is an educational advisor, speechwriter, essay mentor, fiction writer, and poet who emigrated from Ukraine to the U.S. as a child. People at all stages of their academic and professional careers come to Inna to help them tell their stories with confidence and impact.
She has worked with business leaders, lawmakers, members of royal families, and renowned scientists around the world.
As founder of Impact Admissions, Inna is privileged to work with exceptionally talented applicants from around the world. Her high school, college, and graduate school students include U.S. Presidential Scholars, National YoungArts Foundation winners, and Coca-Cola and Cameron Scholars, among others.
Inna's writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has been published or is forthcoming in numerous publications, including The Harvard Advocate; American University's FOLIO; USC's Air/Light Magazine; University of Montana's CutBank; Santa Monica Review; Tartarus Press (U.K); Swan River Press (Ireland); and more.
Her fiction has been anthologized and her essays, poetry, and fiction examine images originating from her experiences as an immigrant.
Inna has her BA in Economics from Columbia University and received a certificate from Teachers College of Columbia University, Graduate School of Education's College Advising Program.
