Friday Aug 23, 2024
Make Mental Health Matter with Kelli Melissa Reinhardt: Survivors: After Columbine
Survivors Speak: Trauma, Recovery, and Resilience After Columbine
On this episode of Make Mental Health Matter, Kelli chats with Amy Over and Michelle Wheeler, they are both Columbine High School survivors and mental health advocates. Founder of Survivors Path, we speak our truth about trauma recovery and resiliency. We will chat about their experience and how they are helping others through sharing their stories.
Amy is a Columbine Survivor. Founder of Survivors Path and host of the podcast Confronting Columbine. Amy has worked with survivors all over the country. Has been featured on Dr. Phil, NBC, Glamour Magazine and Women’s Health Magazine.
Michelle Wheeler is a survivor of the Columbine High School Massacre and graduated from Columbine in 1999. She studied Psychology at Metropolitan State College and Early Childhood Education through the University of Phoenix. Michelle taught preschool for 21 years in a fully inclusive school working with students who suffered trauma and/or have behavioral diagnosis. Michelle taught through COVID-19 and then left the classroom in May of 2021. In August of 2021 Michelle accepted a job working as a Instructional coach for a Public School District in Colorado. She continues to help support the behavior team and responds to the children in crisis within the school.
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