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On The Quest, we speak with prominent changemakers from a variety of fields.
Season 1, Episode 2
Michelle Jewell
is the first Governor-appointed Judge of Hispanic descent in the Kent and Sussex Counties of Delaware. From 2010 to 2022, Michelle worked as a Judge in the Justice of the Peace Courts and held trials on all charges under the JP Court jurisdiction, including Criminal, Civil, and Truancy matters. Michelle was appointed twice under Delaware Governor Jack Markell and most recently under the current Delaware Governor, John Carney. Prior to her position as a Judge, she worked as a court interpreter in the same JP Court from 2005 to 2010. During this time, she also served as the owner of the Elite Service Group, LLC, the first translation and immigration service business in Sussex County, DE. Michelle now works for the office of the governor of Delaware as a Government’s Program Analyst. Listen to her episode here!
"If people really just saw each other— God, what a wonderful world it would be.”
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"Everyone is born wanting love. Everyone is born wanting to be better and wanting better for themselves. Just not everyone has had the same opportunity."
Season 1, Episode 3
Dan Atkins
is the Executive Director at Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI). CLASI is the oldest and largest civil legal aid provider in Delaware with poverty, disability, elder, immigration, fair housing, domestic violence and medical-legal partnership programs. Dan has been an attorney at CLASI for over three decades, serving as the Legal Advocacy Director of CLASI’s Disabilities Law Program before he became ED in 2015. Dan is an adjunct professor at Widener University Delaware Law School where he co-founded and directed the Health Education and Legal Assistance Project. Over the course of his career at CLASI, Dan has made groundbreaking achievements to aid the low-income and disabled communities in Delaware. You can find Dan on Facebook at @CommunityLegalAidSociety, on Instagram at @de_clasi, on Twitter at @DECLASI, and on LinkedIn at Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. Listen to his episode here!
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Season 1, Episode 4
Shyanne Miller
is a Black American woman, born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. Shyanne earned her bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Delaware, and her Masters in Sustainable Development from SIT Graduate Institute. She specializes in policy advocacy and community organizing, and served as board member of the Coalition to Dismantle the New Jim Crow in Delaware. She also works as Campaign Manager for the Building People Power Campaign, an initiative of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League and a Community Organizer with Network Delaware. She focuses on fighting racism through reforming the criminal justice system and promoting democratic, economic justice. Shyanne’s passion is to support anti-racist efforts by building the ability of all community members—regardless of race, gender, age, ability, or experience— to participate in the political process in order to promote social justice. Listen to her episode here!
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After every 3-4 interviews, we facilitate a debrief session with high school girls from the Changemakers Institute, who will make meaning of their insights gleaned from the previous episodes.
Together, we aim to find consensus on questions such as: What is the world we are all truly dreaming of? What have we learned about how to arrive there? And where do we go from here?
Curious? Join us, on The Quest.
Leeah Han
Leeah is a Senior at Miss Porter's School who enjoys thinking deeply about the problems of the world around her. She most recently served her class as the representative for the Miss Porter’s Office of Equity and Inclusion, a position in which she was able to act as a liaison between the student body and the administration and further implement and normalize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) on campus. Next year, she will serve as Miss Porter's student Head of Diversity. Leeah is interested in learning more about the ways in which she can make large-scale change in her community— whether that be through policy, education, community engagement, or even scientific research.
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Leeah Han was a student in CMI’s first cohort, and she is now a co-founder of The Quest.
Catherine "Cat" Lindroth
Catherine “Cat” Lindroth is a lead program designer and facilitator at the Porter's Center for Global Leadership’s ChangeMaker’s Institute and was most recently the Founder and Managing Partner at Social Contract, a consulting company that specializes in collective impact and works with government, community, and philanthropy to solve complex social problems. Before Social Contract, Cat founded SummerCollab and DualSchool, nationally recognized education-based organizations focused on student creativity, agency, and critical thinking; she was named an “Everyday Hero” by the Roslyn S. Jaffe Awards Program in 2018.
In 2020, Cat developed the Changemakers Institute to impart “frontier” insights to young women who want to make change in the world.