She later returned as a tutor in Arkansas county jail. Through Teach for America, Kuo moved to Helena, a town in rural Arkansas, where she taught English at an alternative school. 'I went through so many changes in my twenties alone, so after college, I realized that I didn’t actually want to be abroad working on these Human Rights Movements when there’s so much disenfranchisement of the poor in the country where I lived, in the United States.' After graduating from Harvard College, Kuo joined Teach for America, a nonprofit which recruits college graduates to fight educational inequity and provides marginalized children throughout the United States with the opportunity of an education. The topic of her senior thesis was Women's Rights Movements in China. She had also spent summers abroad, for example in Beijing, and volunteered at a student-run homeless shelter in Boston.

'Even as I changed my professions, I think the desire to feel useful, to be a part of something larger than myself, is a constant.' 'I don't know if I had a specific job in mind, I just wanted to be a part of social change, I wanted to be useful,' said Kuo. College was a very free spirited time in my life where I was only going to do things I’m interested in, I was only going to do things that broaden me.'Įin Beitrag geteilt von Michelle Kuo describes her personal heroes as being American Civil Rights heroes, and that it is them that influenced her plan for the future. 'Then I changed to Gender Studies, then I added Social Studies to Gender Studies, but I was taking English classes on the side. 'First I wanted to be an English major,' said Kuo when asked about her choice of study. In 2004, she graduated Harvard College with a degree in Social Studies and Gender Studies. Michelle Kuo is a teacher, a writer, a lawyer, and an advocate. Students might know her as an Associate Professor for History, Law, and Society at AUP, others might have heard about her book, 'Reading With Patrick.' The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, Kuo was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan where she attended public school until graduating from high school.

She is smiling at the camera, sitting at a cafe in Taiwan, and drinking tea. 'I think when I was very little I wanted to be a doctor,' said Michelle Kuo when asked about her dream job as a child.

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