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Michelle A Mitchell

Biography

When she was 11-years-old Michelle Mitchell participated in her first political protest, going to Congress with her mother and siblings to join other families who objected to proposed regulations on home schools. They wanted to show "that we, as home-schoolers, could articulate our interests well and that we were just as normal as children in public and private schools." She was struck by "how important it is to be involved in crafting the laws that we are governed by."

Since then, she has worked on Capitol Hill, the District Court for the District of Columbia, and the Department of Treasury, demonstrating her interest in public service. She has also volunteered on political campaigns, organized voter registration drives for the 2004 presidential elections, and served as president of the Student Government Association. "Leadership is never a part-time responsibility," Michelle says about her schedule while at Trinity University. If she was not speaking at an assembly, she would be chairing a meeting or recruiting fellow students for a volunteer project.

Michelle saw firsthand the complexities of international law and economics during a 2005 trip to study China's economic, social and political environments. She is confident she has the drive and motivation to succeed - and to prevail over what she calls continued "silent discrimination" against African Americans and women. "I do not intend to perpetuate the status quo: I intend to be part of a change. I will be one more example of an African-American and a woman who was able to 'make it.'"

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