Champions of Change
Beth McCullough is the Homeless Education Liaison for Adrian Public Schools and the Homeless Education Coordinator for Lenawee County in Michigan. In her eleven years in this role, she has crawled under porches to find homeless youth and visited aluminum sheds to rescue children who are using a blue tarp as a blanket. “Education is the answer” is her mantra. Beth received her Bachelor of Arts from Siena Heights University and her Masters in clinical psychology from The Michigan School of Professional Psychology. Beth is a certified Montessori Teacher, a limited license psychologist, was the director of a domestic violence shelter, and worked as a psychotherapist and a college instructor for 12 years. She has presented at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth annual conference, the Michigan Department of Education state conference of homeless education, and a Congressional Caucus on homelessness in Washington, D.C. Beth and her husband Gary have been married for 21 years and have two children, Abigail and Christian.