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Harvard graduates Gen S. Tanabe and Kelly Y. Tanabe are the founders of SuperCollege and the award-winning authors of the books Get Into Any College, Get Free Cash For College and Money-Winning Scholarship Essays and Interviews. Together, Gen and Kelly were accepted to every school to which they applied, including all of the Ivy League colleges, and won over $100,000 in merit-based scholarships. They were able to leave Harvard debt-free and their parents guilt-free. Gen and Kelly give workshops at high schools across the country and write the nationally syndicated "Ask The SuperCollege.com Experts" column. They have made dozens of appearances on television and radio and have served as expert sources for respected publications including U.S. News and World Report, USA Today, New York Daily News, San Jose Mercury News, Richmond Times Dispatch, Chronicle of Higher Education and Rolling Stone. Gen grew up in Waialua, Hawaii. Between eating banana-flavored shave ice and basking in the sun, he was president of the Student Council, captain of the Speech Team and a member of the tennis team. A graduate of Waialua High School, he was the first student from his school to be accepted at Harvard. In college, Gen was chair of the Eliot House Committee and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in both History and East Asian Studies. Kelly attended Whitney High School, a nationally ranked public high school in her hometown of Cerritos, California. She was the editor of the school newspaper, assistant editor of the yearbook and founder of a public service club to promote literacy. In college, she was the co-director of the Hand public service program and the brave co-leader of a Brownie Troop. She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Sociology. Gen, Kelly and their dog Sushi live in Palo Alto, California.