MCC Daily Tribune

Meet a Member of the Class of 2024: Michelle Kimball

To celebrate the upcoming commencement on May 30, we are featuring some of the class of 2024 this week. Read on to learn more about these impressive and inspiring graduates! #MCC2024

Michelle Kimball

The seeds of Michelle Kimball’s MCC journey began to grow more than three decades ago. She says she struggled with losing weight throughout her adult life. The dietitians she consulted with didn’t seem to understand what she was going through and lacked the empathy and compassion to help her reach her goals. 

After years of dealing with the lack of support and feeling shunned because of her size, she decided to pursue a degree to help people never feel like she did. She hadn’t been to college since 1987 and decided MCC may be the best option because she was nervous about her education gap. It turns out it was one of the best decisions she ever made.

“Thanks to MCC, this wife, mother, and now the student is graduating,” said Michelle. “The environment here accepts people from all walks of life, and it makes a difference!

Michelle says if she could give advice to her 16-year-old self it would be to “follow my dream and not let life get in the way.  I am happy where my life is, but I do have regrets in that I let other people dissuade me from finishing my education when I was "normal" college age.”

After graduating from MCC, Michelle will enroll in the accelerated BS/MS degree program at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Michelle received the Thomas T. Mooney Scholarship from the MCC Foundation. 

Photo caption:

• Michelle Kimball (blonde-haired, wearing blue jeans and an ivory sweater) poses standing with ten members of her family in an outdoor wooded setting.

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Veronica Chiesi Brown
Community Relations
05/22/2024