Michelle Mooney M.A.
Impact Manager, Salt Lake City, Mayor's Office of Access & Belonging
2024
Michelle Mooney is a native of Waipahu, Hawaii, a city located on the island of O’ahu. She attended the University of Tampa in Florida where she earned her B.A. in both Psychology and Applied Sociology as well as an M.A. in Professional Communication. From 2017 to 2021, Michelle served as an intern to the Regional Vice President of the National Diversity Council. During this time, Michelle became a Certified Diversity Professional (CDP) under their DiversityFIRST Certification Program. In August 2021, Michelle relocated to Utah where she has had the opportunity to impact DEI in higher education. She is also an active member of the Greater Salt Lake Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. With a deep commitment to social change, community engagement, and institutional equity, Michelle is passionate about advocating for human rights and social justice issues on all occasions.
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
