CARRIE JORGENSON

Carrie Jorgenson is co-founder and CEO of early bird™ and has dedicated her career to supporting families. She brings 10 years as a school counselor and admissions reader (UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz), and has counseled over 1,000 families total across her school counseling and independent counseling work. She built early bird to give every student real guidance in finding their best-fit future, with tools like a Fit Score, College Planning Rings, essay prompt discovery, college list building, and Robin, a guidance engine designed to bring clarity to students and parents alike throughout the college planning process. Early bird turns the complexity of college planning into an accessible, actionable path, helping students move forward, parents support them with confidence, and counselors coordinate guidance across their caseloads.