Stacy Padula is the Founder and President of South Shore College Consulting & Tutoring. A native of Pembroke, Massachusetts, she has accrued years of experience working with adolescents as a tutor, college counselor, mentor, life coach, and youth group leader. For roughly eight years, she was the director of a private education company in the metrowest of Massachusetts where she managed a staff of thirty tutors and developed all company curriculum. In 2016, she left the metrowest and founded South Shore College Consulting & Tutoring based in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 2019, she founded a publishing company that uses a portion of its proceeds to support animal rescues: Briley & Baxter Publications LLC. Stacy is also the author of the Gripped book series, and the Montgomery Lake High book series, which address teenage social issues, and the On The Right Path children's book series (with NBA Coach Brett Gunning). Stacy was featured in Marquis Whoβs Who in America (2018, 2019, & 2020) for excellence in literature and education, Marquis Whoβs Who in the World (2018, 2019, & 2020), and Cambridge Whoβs Who for Young Professionals (2009). In 2018, she was awarded the Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2019, the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP of New York, NY) chose Stacy Padula as its βTop Educational Consultant of the Year.β Then in 2020, she was named βEmpowered Woman of the Yearβ by IAOTP. Each of her novels have risen to best seller status in a variety categories on Amazon from 2010-Present. From February through March of 2019, βGripped Part 1β was the #1 New Release on Amazon Kindle in its category. In November of 2019, βGripped Part 3β was the #1 New Release on Amazon in Paperback and on Kindle in 3 different genres. In May and June of 2020, βGripped Part 4β became the #1 New Release on Amazon in multiple genres as well. In November of 2020, Stacy Padula was named a βSocial Impact Heroβ by Authority Magazine for her support of animal rescues through her publishing company. That month, she was also chosen to be featured on the cover of T.I.P. Background: Stacy was a Presidential Scholar and on the Deanβs List at Wentworth, where she studied Architectural Engineering and Interior Design. After graduation, she worked at an architecture firm in Boston from 2006-2008. Although she enjoyed her work, she felt something was missingβshe wanted to spend more time helping people grow academically, personally, and spiritually. For close to a year, she split her time between tutoring, writing, and working at a design firm in Plymouth. When she fell in love with tutoring, she left the A&D industry completely and took a full-time position with a private education company in Dover, Massachusetts. She attained tutoring certification in 2009 through The International Tutor Association. Her career took off, and within one year, she was promoted to Director. Stacy knew she had found her niche! During her eight years with that company, she received multiple promotions and held a variety of titles, including Manager of Curriculum & Instruction and Director of Operations. In 2016, Stacy founded South Shore College Consulting & Tutoring. Then in 2019, she founded Briley & Baxter Publicationsβa publishing company that uses part of its monthly proceeds to support animal rescues.
