Harriet is well known in the Washington DC area for significantly boosting students' test scores, and has over three decades of experience with students of all levels - from from an Ivy League-bound former President's daughter to the struggling student with weak critical reading skills.

Harriet Broder has been dedicated to the field of verbal standardized test preparation on a full-time basis since 1978, and established her first test prep company, Studyworks, with a colleague in 1982. The company quickly gained popularity and became the top local provider of test prep services, catering to both groups and individual students. As the company continued to grow, Harriet would go on to found her own company, hiring and training additional tutors to meet the increasing demand in the Montgomery County area.

In 2009, Harriet enrolled in the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2009 to pursue her second passion - health and alternative medicine. Much of what she learned there enhanced her test preparation programs, including techniques for mindset, foods for focus and concentration, and tools to address test anxiety.

She has authored a book on test prep (6 Secrets To Mastering SAT & ACT Test Taking) and continues to teach and work as a consultant - developing the curriculum and materials that help students at Breakthrough's Test Prep programs succeed.

Harriet spends her off hours cooking (simple) recipes as well as entertaining her adorable tortie cat, Tootsie - Breakthrough’s only official greeter!