Michelle Mahkimetas-Kurkiewicz was teaching middle school language arts at Menominee Tribal School in Neopit when she learned about a new opportunity.
An email in November 2017 from the Tribal Education Department notified her that the Electa Quinney Teacher Training and Administrative Leadership Program would help the 48-year-old advance her career in education by paying for schooling to become licensed as a principal and director of instruction.
Becoming one of 14 students in the first cohort