• MoxieTalk with Kirt Jacobs #414: Hannah Edelen

  • May 27 2024
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MoxieTalk with Kirt Jacobs #414: Hannah Edelen

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  • Edelen, a native of Springfield, Kentucky, grew up in a financially challenged household while her mother battled a brain tumor throughout her childhood. As a Washington County High School student, Edelen found solace in her family and consumer sciences teacher, Sarah Raikes, who influenced her to apply for the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars program. Edelen’s childhood experience is one of the main reasons she chose to be open and vulnerable in her role as Miss Kentucky to show Kentuckians what is possible through mentorship, scholarship opportunities, & dreaming big. When Edelen graduated from high school & found herself at Northern Kentucky University, she jumped in with both feet. The first-generation college student was nothing short of heavily involved during her time on campus. She was a resident assistant (RA), an orientation leader, the vice president of public relations and later president of NKU’s Student Government Association, a member of NKU’s Board of Regents, vice president of operations for her Kappa Delta Sorority Eta Eta Chapter and an intern in NKU’s Office of Government, Corporate and Foundation Engagement. “I always think of NKU as home base for me. I came to NKU not knowing a single person, and I had to create a community up here, which I was excited about,” she says. “The way NKU embraced me and the opportunities it gave me was amazing. The type of people who work at NKU would bend over backward to help you succeed. It was like family to me, & I’m so thankful for that. I couldn’t imagine having a better experience during my undergraduate career.” When Edelen planned her post-NKU future, she considered public policy and worked as a communications intern for the City of Covington. She was also a state General Assembly intern, but her trajectory changed while working in Washington, D.C., as a public policy congressional intern. After experiencing a life-changing relationship with a teacher, she realized her passion was for children and education. “Even though I had a great experience, I just didn’t feel like I was able to connect with kids and make a meaningful impact like I wanted to,” Edelen says. During her senior year, Edelen began working as an instructional assistant at Holmes Middle School within the Covington Independent School District. After graduating from NKU in 2020 with degrees in communication and history, she began a two-year contract with Teach for America, an alternative certification program for teachers. She taught social studies and English to sixth graders. “This experience has shown me that I can contribute to this world. I’m thinking about myself as a contributor in this world & how we all can be that—regardless of your background. We can make a meaningful impact, and as long as you’re leading authentically and lovingly, I think other people will see that, too.” Edelen is no stranger to being on stage. While juggling teaching and competing in several local and regional pageants, she earned her ticket to the Miss Kentucky competition in 2022. Considering her passion for children, it’s no surprise that Edelen chose an initiative involving education: Read Ready Kentucky, which is inspired by the local Covington initiative Read Ready Covington. During Edelen’s time working for the city, she became passionate about the cause and brought this initiative across the state in collaboration with Mayor Joe Meyer. “Read Ready Kentucky is a social impact initiative,” she says. “Every young woman has a social impact initiative. It’s a passion they speak to, & for me, it’s reading and education. How can we, as a community, help what’s happening within our schools?” And now Read Ready Kentucky has taken off—it’s a registered nonprofit organization that focuses on literacy and teaching children how to use their skills to impact those around them. Read Ready Kentucky partnered with the Covington Police Department for Read with Covington PD, an event that distributed free books and activities to kids for the summer. The program also partnered with the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana to create a Read Ready Kentucky patch available to more than 20,000 Girl Scouts in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Edelen hopes to create little libraries across the state of Kentucky. “I have a great group of people who are also passionate about reading, and together we’ve done many different things,” she says. “I’m just thankful to have a lot of people around me who believe in me and want to see my visions come to life.” Those visions don’t end with her title. Edelen, who always enjoyed writing, completed her master’s in education policy and evaluation from the University of Kentucky and wanted to publish children’s books. So, Hank the Horse was born. “Hank the Horse and the Case of the Missing Eggs” is a book about information literacy, and it’s all about kids questioning what they hear. “When you grow up in rural ...
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