Jax S.

Jax is a coach at New Frontiers who works closely with high school and college-aged students, providing individualized executive function coaching and academic support designed to help students build confidence, independence, and sustainable success. In her work, Jax focuses on helping students strengthen the practical skills they need to manage academic demands while also supporting their emotional well-being. She takes a highly personalized approach, partnering with each student to identify their unique strengths and challenges, clarify goals, and develop tools that feel both effective and realistic. Central to Jax’s work is creating a safe, affirming space where students feel understood, encouraged, and empowered to take ownership of their learning.

Jax earned a master’s degree in Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she concentrated on therapeutic and educational work with individuals experiencing depression and anxiety. During her graduate training, she contributed to a research team examining experiences of oppression and the ways individuals with stigmatized or marginalized identities build resilience and a sense of well-being. This background informs Jax’s thoughtful, equity-minded approach to coaching, particularly when working with students navigating identity development, social pressures, and complex life stressors alongside academic responsibilities.

As a coach, Jax has extensive experience supporting a wide range of executive functioning challenges, including time management, goal setting, task initiation and follow-through, organization, planning and prioritizing, problem solving, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility. She works with students to break overwhelming demands into manageable steps, develop systems that align with how they naturally think, and build strategies that promote consistency rather than perfection. Jax also brings a strong academic background to her work, with tutoring experience in English, History, and Writing. She has guided more than fifty students through the college essay and application process, helping them clarify their voice, organize their ideas, and navigate deadlines with greater confidence.

Jax is deeply passionate about encouragement and believes that self-confidence is a critical component of academic and personal growth. She approaches each student with the belief that their individual attributes deserve to be recognized and cultivated, not compared or minimized. By prioritizing students’ hopes, goals, and values, Jax helps them develop a sense of agency and self-trust that extends beyond the classroom. Her ultimate goal is to help students build a strong foundation of skills and self-awareness so they can thrive as independent learners and self-advocates over time.

Outside of her professional work, Jax enjoys playing video games, spending time with her kittens, hiking, and experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen. These interests reflect her curiosity, creativity, and appreciation for both connection and balance. Jax is often described as empathetic, engaging, open-minded, supportive, and deeply dedicated to the students she works with.

Jax supports students with challenges related to organization and planning, time management, task initiation and follow-through, sustaining attention, goal setting, problem solving, emotional regulation, managing stress and academic pressure, adapting to change, building flexibility, balancing school and personal life, developing effective study strategies, navigating transitions, strengthening self-confidence, and growing into independent, motivated learners.