Gloria Anglon

Former MIT Assistant Dean | PhD Admissions, Research Pathways, Fit & Fundin

University of Southern California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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I’m Gloria Anglón, an Afro-Latina, first-generation college graduate with more than 20 years of experience helping people navigate graduate education, important decisions, transitions, and change across MIT, Harvard, Maryland, and USC My work connects two areas I care deeply about: helping people navigate graduate education more wisely and partnering with people as they navigate decisions, relationships, transitions, and the systems that shape their lives—with greater clarity, agency, care, and connection. My approach is collaborative and systems-aware. I bring deep experience in graduate education, thoughtful questions, practical strategy, mindfulness, and attention to what is happening within you, in your relationships, and in the cultural and institutional contexts around you. My role is not to decide for you. It is to help you see more clearly, reconnect with your strengths, supports, and what matters most, and find a way forward that feels wise and workable.

Gloria also coaches for Master’s Programs, Mental Health & Wellness, Life Coaching, and Career Coaching. View all.

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Gloria’s PhD Programs Qualifications

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100+ people coached for PhD Programs

I help aspiring researchers and PhD applicants navigate research pathways, program and faculty fit, funding, and application strategy. Across more than 20 years in graduate education, including leadership at MIT and graduate admissions work at Harvard, I’ve supported students through research opportunities, admissions, fellowships, mentoring, and doctoral development. We can work on program and faculty fit, applicant-authored statements and CVs, recommender strategy, faculty conversations, interviews, funding, and offer comparison. Sometimes our work is about strengthening an application. Sometimes it is about discerning whether a particular degree, program—and the mentoring, funding, community, and environment around it—is truly the right next step. My role is not to promise an outcome or write your application for you. It is to help you understand the process, make informed choices, and move forward with clarity.

Gloria can help with:

Application Strategy

Essays

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Interviews

Letters of Recommendation

Research

Resume

School Selection

Secondary Review

Why do I coach?

I coach because capable people deserve to thrive—not just endure. Across more than 20 years in graduate education, I saw talented people gain meaningful opportunities while still navigating unspoken norms, competing expectations, self-doubt, isolation, and pressure to keep performing. I believe people grow best when they feel seen, supported, and connected to what matters most. Coaching creates space to notice what may be hidden—within ourselves, within our relationships, or within the systems we’re navigating—and to reconnect with strengths, community, purpose, belonging, and possibility. Sometimes our work is about solving a problem or making a decision. Sometimes it is about making more room for joy, meaning, connection, or a greater sense of possibility.