Get Students the Help They Need & Deserve!

Ensuring that students receive persistent, proactive, individualized mentoring and academic coaching.

Are you overwhelmed with applying for Colleges & Identifying Funding Opportunities?

Young students shouldn't be rushed into making a decision about their education without really knowing what that decision means.

With the amount of stress already in students' lives and the negative outcomes possible for the wrong college choice, more care should go into matching students with a school and identifying how that can go there with little to no financial burden.

Meet Candace Hutson, Your Academic Success Coach

Candace, a divine Professional Encourager, believes that God will give beauty for ashes. Motivated by her own college journey, she became an Academic Success Coach and College Planning Consultant.

As the owner of Be Encouraged LLC, Candace assists students with time management, study habits, organization and self-advocacy. It is her gift to get students to know their identity inside and outside of the classroom.

Candace serves as a beacon of light for families overwhelmed with the college process, providing them with support, guidance and relief. Throughout the years, Candace has helped countless students and families successfully plan, attend and cultivate a rewarding college experience.

  • "Candace is an amazing and resourceful Academic Success Coach/College planning Consultant. She provided academic advising to my daughter and was instumental in assisting us in securing additional merit scholarships to Hampton University. She is personable, experienced, and passionate."

    – Glenda Coleman

“I prepare students to be great inside and outside of the classroom”. - Candace Hutson