Minnesota Southeast grad returns to help students in Red Wing, Winona meet basic needs
January 27, 2021 7:29 PM Mike Tighe
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Akilah Childs, a 2016 graduate of Minnesota State College Southeast, is concentrating on expanding and organizing the college’s food pantries during her first semester as a basic needs outreach specialist. (Minnesota State College Southeast photo)
RED WING, Minn. (WKBT) Akilah Childs was a BPOC when she was a student at Minnesota College Southeast, and she’s back as a big person on campus again, as well as on the college’s Winona campus.
Childs, who graduated from the college’s Early Child Education program in 2016, was on the Red Wing school’s Student Senate, served as a peer tutor, helped plan campus-wide events and assisted Student Services with recruiting and admissions.