09/20/2026
HUMANS OF YOGAZAN
Jared Gentile is a writer, educator and filmmaker who runs StorySculpt (www.story-sculpting.com), a writing consultancy specializing in helping students craft application essays for high school and college admissions.
He’s been practicing yoga consistently for five years. “Yoga helps me stay active, clear my mind, and take care of my body.”
Jared graduated from Harvard-Westlake as Salutatorian, receiving the Sandifer Creative Writing Award, before studying Film & Television at NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a focus on screenwriting and short fiction. After graduating with honors, he gained valuable insight into the television writing process in the production office and writers’ room of This Is Us. He later spent three years as the personal Writer’s Assistant to Danny Jacobson (Mad About You, Roseanne), where he developed, story edited, and co-wrote a feature film, theatrical play, memoir, and multiple pilots. His work has been recognized by The Academy’s Nicholl’s Fellowship and The Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
Since 2022, Jared has built a parallel career in education. After earning his substitute teaching license and working across the greater Los Angeles area, he transitioned into college admissions. At the Compass Education Group, he delivered high-level SAT and ACT verbal instruction with an emphasis on recognizing patterns and understanding strategy to achieve top percentile results. With Rainbow EDU Consulting, he led students and families through the college and high school application process, crafting compelling personal narratives to distinguish their applications in competitive admissions pools.
StorySculpt brings together Jared’s expertise across disciplines with the goal of helping clients find and structure their unique narratives on the page, so that they can confidently begin their next chapter.
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