College Planning Source helps families maximize the amount of financial aid a family receives while minimizing their out of pockets costs for their children’s college education.

Founder of CPS, Michelle Mai, grew up in Orange County, CA, graduated as a high school valedictorian and attended the University of California at Santa Barbara. During her experience as work-study student working in the financial aid office at U.C.S.B., Michelle Mai realized there were a large number of families who did not understand the financial aid system. She has since been educating parents and students in Southern California on the "in’s and out’s" of career planning, college admission, financial aid and the best way for families to pay for universities nationwide.

After Michelle Mai received her bachelor’s degree she started College Planning Source in 2002 and has developed two successful programs that work hand-in-hand to help students through college faster than the average college student and show parents on how to pay for college without going broke. College Planning Source’s two programs, “Career and College Planning for Students” and “College Made Affordable” has provided thousands of families with tailored plans to get families through the college education process the right way.