Miss Liz Serves Shellee Howard COLLEGE READY

<p>Shellee Howard September 8th, 2026 | 7 PM EST College Ready Education • Scholarships • College Planning • Student Success • Debt-Free Futures Title: COLLEGE READY: Dream College Without the Mountain of Debt Subtitle:<br />Helping Teens Build the Experience, Confidence &amp; Strategy to Stand Out On September 8th at 7 PM EST, Teatime with Miss Liz welcomes Shellee Howard, founder and CEO of College Ready⁠, educational consultant and mother of four debt-free college graduates—including a Harvard pre-med alumnus. Shellee’s work focuses on helping students and their families approach college differently: identifying the right schools, building meaningful student experiences, navigating admissions and pursuing scholarship opportunities. According to her bio, the families she has worked with have collectively earned more than $80 million in scholarships. She is a University of California graduate and was named a 2026 Global Educational Consultant of the Year. But there’s another classroom that has shaped Shellee’s perspective: The world. Originally from California, Shellee has traveled to an extraordinary 102 countries, bringing a global perspective to education, opportunity and what young people can learn beyond a traditional classroom. Her favorite colour is BLUE. Her one word is CARING. And her T-E-E brings something especially fitting to the table: Teen • Experience • Extraordinaire Connect with Shellee on Instagram⁠, LinkedIn⁠, TikTok⁠ and YouTube⁠. TEATIME INTRODUCTION Welcome to Teatime with Miss Liz, where education isn’t only about what we learn—it’s about what we do with what we’ve learned. Tonight we’re talking about something that can bring excitement, pride, confusion and sometimes enormous financial pressure into a family: College. What if preparing a teenager for college wasn’t simply about grades? What if it was also about discovering who they are, what makes them different, what experiences will help them grow and how they can pursue an education without automatically accepting decades of debt? My guest tonight is Shellee Howard, founder and CEO of College Ready. She’s a UC graduate, educational consultant and mother of four debt-free college graduates—including a Harvard pre-med alumnus. Through College Ready, Shellee has helped families pursue top-choice college acceptances and collectively secure more than $80 million in scholarships. She’s also traveled to 102 countries, so I definitely want to dig into what the world has taught her that a textbook couldn’t. Her favorite colour is blue. Her one word is caring. And her T-E-E is: Teen • Experience • Extraordinaire. Shellee, welcome to Teatime with Miss Liz. Grab your cup, and let’s dig deep. CLOSING SUMMARY Tonight’s conversation reminds us that being College Ready should mean more than being ready to submit an application. It means preparing young people to make decisions. To understand money. To discover their strengths. To experience the world. To ask questions. And perhaps most importantly, to understand that the name printed across a college sweatshirt doesn’t determine the value of the person wearing it. Shellee’s work challenges families to think about education as an investment—but also as an experience that should serve the individual student. Because getting accepted is one milestone. Building a life you actually want to live is the bigger journey. Shellee, thank you for bringing your caring heart, global experiences and Teen • Experience • Extraordinaire T-E-E to my table. Food for Thought from Miss Liz“ Education should open doors, but young people also need the confidence to decide which doors are actually theirs to walk through.” — Miss Liz</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/teatimewithmissliz?__cft__[0]=AZil8e14ZvZBhP7i6m9FpRgeJkD8KHRgKWX2byO8TM8oE7YR1A0LvpI6rbihGP6Ft1mOkXG5hTR9YWJCm9vnJXrxD4Fe-GYkcDHEPmLqizNFaxn7yiveq6DH7-0aYf8pZBPQ&amp;__tn__=q" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeatimeWithMissLiz</a></p><p><a href="ht