Our approach is grounded in James E. Hughes Jr.’s five-capital framework. Learn more about our collaboration with the Jay Hughes Foundation
“The greatest risk to a high-achieving student isn’t a rejection letter. It’s arriving at the destination without a sense of self.” — Lorna Gray, Founder
CORE PHILOSOPHY
We live in an era where many students are highly prepared but not yet ready for the independence that follows. Families invest decades building a path of elite opportunity, only to find their child has become a passenger in their own success.Achievement without ownership is fragile. When a student’s worth is tied entirely to performance, they don’t learn how to navigate the world. They learn how to satisfy it. When that external structure disappears, so does their direction.Interface exists to close that gap. We focus on the internal strength and self-reliance a student needs, so when they enter high-stakes environments, they can think independently, make decisions under pressure, and sustain motivation without external control.
Our Story
Interface was born seventeen years ago when we realized that the “gold standard” of college counseling was failing the very students it claimed to help. We were seeing a generation of students who could navigate an Ivy League application but could not navigate a difficult conversation or a personal setback.They were brilliant at the “How,” but silent on the “Why.” This insight transformed our practice. Today, Interface operates as a generational development system that begins long before transcripts matter and extends far beyond acceptance letters.
- The Shift in Focus: We prioritize the milestones that modern education often ignores: authentic motivation, sound judgment, and the ability to articulate a personal mission. The result is a student who doesn’t rely on pressure to perform, but instead directs themselves with clarity.
- Upstream Intervention: Resilience is not built in a single summer. We partner with families to cultivate independence long before the college pressure begins, starting as early as age three. When challenges come, students do not shut down or drift. They engage, decide, and adapt.
- The New Definition of a “Win”: Our students get into the world’s best schools. That is a given. The real outcome is a young person who enters those gates able to think independently, sustain motivation without external pressure, and make decisions about their life with confidence.
EXPERTISE
Interface brings together advisors with experience across elite admissions, family advisory, and developmental psychology. This includes former admissions leaders, senior educators, and specialists in motivation science and identity development, all focused on one outcome: preparing students not just to succeed, but to lead.
SENIOR MENTORS
Announcements
The families who find Interface are already thinking beyond the application. James E. Hughes Jr. has spent his career helping the world’s most significant families understand why that instinct is right. His work on the five capitals, human, intellectual, social, spiritual, and financial, forms the intellectual foundation beneath everything Interface builds with families.Our collaboration with the Jay Hughes Foundation ensures that the most rigorous thinking on generational development is present in every conversation we have, not as theory but as practice.
As Hughes observes:
“There is a thinker whose work I return to often, Iain McGilchrist, who has spent his career demonstrating that we have built a civilization oriented almost entirely around one hemisphere’s way of knowing, analytical, technical, controlling, and that we have done so at extraordinary cost to the qualities that make human beings fully human.
I see the consequences of that imbalance in the families I work with every day: children who are accomplished by every measurable standard and unequipped for everything that cannot be measured.
Interface was built to restore that balance. I have not found many organizations that understand what that means deeply enough to act on it. This one does.”
CONTACT INFO
Interface is unique among counseling services, offering a true partnership of American and global expertise. Our veteran educators have spent years as counselors, admissions officers, and teachers at
Our Locations
US Headquarters
St. Louis 167 Lamp and Lantern Village, Suite 168
Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA
Office Number: (877)686-8489
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Contact: Ms. Jotene Luo -
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WeChat: joteneluo0722
Beijing Office
7th FL, Tower A Sino Ocean International Center, 56 East 4th Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
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Contact: Ms. Tanya Jian -
Tel:18600027431 -
Email: tj@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: 18600027431
Guangzhou Office
A18, 30/F, 26 Huaxia road, Tianhe district, Zhujiang
New Town Office Number: 020-38063650
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Contact: Ms. Luo -
Tel: 18613108705 -
Email: jluo@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: joteneluo0722
Shanghai Office
41 Chicago building 20 D, Hengshan Road, xuhui district, Office Number: 021-64226096
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Contact: Ms. Lv -
Tel: 13661598289 -
Email: el@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: mengEmily
Taiwan Office
2/F, No. 97th, Dunhua South Road, Taipei, 10682 Office Number: 02-23702127
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Contact: Mr. Zhang -
Tel: 0978622960 -
Email: taipei@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: StudyProLink
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Contact: Ms. Huang -
el: 0919560196
New York Office
123 3rd Ave, New York , NY 10003
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Contact: Ms. Lv -
Tel: 13661598289 -
Email: el@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: mengEmily
Auckland Office
Level 2, 27 Davis Crescent Newmarket, Auckland
Office Number: 09-6230366
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Contact: Ms. Wendy Qu -
Tel: 0210342663 -
Email: wq@interfaceedu.com
Vancouver Office
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Contact: Ms. Tanya Jian -
Email: tj@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: 18600027431
Toronto Office
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Contact: Ms. Tanya Jian -
Email: tj@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: 18600027431
Seattle Office
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Contact: Ms. Jotene Luo -
Tel: 18613108705 -
Email: jluo@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: joteneluo0722
Bay Area Office
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Contact: Mr. Yu -
Tel: 626-517-6211 -
Email: yl@interfaceedu.com
Texas Office
2500 Wilcrest Drive, Suite 300, Houston, TX, 77042, USA
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Contact: Ms. Jotene Luo -
Tel: 18613108705 -
Email: jluo@interfaceedu.com -
Wechat: joteneluo0722
US Headquarters
St. Louis 167 Lamp and Lantern Village, Suite 168
Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA
Office Number: (877)686-8489
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Contact: Ms. Jotene Luo -
Email: jluo@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: joteneluo0722
Beijing Office
7th FL, Tower A Sino Ocean International Center, 56 East 4th Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
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Contact: Ms. Tanya Jian -
Tel:18600027431 -
Email: tj@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: 18600027431
Guangzhou Office
A18, 30/F, 26 Huaxia road, Tianhe district, Zhujiang
New Town Office Number: 020-38063650
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Contact: Ms. Luo -
Tel: 18613108705 -
Email: jluo@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: joteneluo0722
Shanghai Office
41 Chicago building 20 D, Hengshan Road, xuhui district, Office Number: 021-64226096
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Contact: Ms. Lv -
Tel: 13661598289 -
Email: el@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: mengEmily
Taiwan Office
2/F, No. 97th, Dunhua South Road, Taipei, 10682 Office Number: 02-23702127
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Contact: Mr. Zhang -
Tel: 0978622960 -
Email: taipei@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: StudyProLink
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Contact: Ms. Huang -
el: 0919560196
New York Office
123 3rd Ave, New York , NY 10003
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Contact: Ms. Lv -
Tel: 13661598289 -
Email: el@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: mengEmily
Auckland Office
Level 2, 27 Davis Crescent Newmarket, Auckland
Office Number: 09-6230366
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Contact: Ms. Wendy Qu -
Tel: 0210342663 -
Email: wq@interfaceedu.com
Vancouver Office
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Contact: Ms. Tanya Jian -
Email: tj@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: 18600027431
Toronto Office
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Contact: Ms. Tanya Jian -
Email: tj@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: 18600027431
Seattle Office
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Contact: Ms. Jotene Luo -
Tel: 18613108705 -
Email: jluo@interfaceedu.com -
WeChat: joteneluo0722
Bay Area Office
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Contact: Mr. Yu -
Tel: 626-517-6211 -
Email: yl@interfaceedu.com
Texas Office
2500 Wilcrest Drive, Suite 300, Houston, TX, 77042, USA
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Contact: Ms. Jotene Luo -
Tel: 18613108705 -
Email: jluo@interfaceedu.com -
Wechat: joteneluo0722