About Ghalia

I help ambitious applicants and founders craft compelling narratives, whether you're applying to law school, grad school, or scholarships, preparing for interviews, or pitching your startup. If your goal requires persuasive storytelling, I can help you get there. I'm a Columbia Law 3L who was admitted to law schools across Canada and the U.S., including the University of Ottawa's dual-degree program straight out of high school, the University of Alberta Faculty of Law at age 19 after just two years of undergrad, and multiple T-14 programs with full-tuition scholarships to two of them. I also successfully negotiated my Columbia Law scholarship up. I know what it takes to build a winning narrative because I've done it at every stage. Before law school, I founded TalkMaze, a public speaking and education platform that grew to 20,000 members and 4 million video views, serving over 5,000 young people across North America. I'm a Princess Diana Award recipient, a national champion in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, and a national runner-up in a venture capital competition. At Columbia, I'm a Davis Polk Leadership Initiative Fellow and Tony Patiño Fellow-Elect, and I currently teach as a TA at UPenn and coach competitive debate in NYC. Across all of this, I've been doing the same thing: helping people structure their thinking, find their story, and communicate it clearly under pressure. That skill translates whether you're writing a personal statement, walking into a scholarship interview, or standing in front of investors. I work best with people who have ambitious goals and a story worth telling well. If that sounds like you, let's talk.