Aspiring Educator Kyndal Mickel aspires to serve neurodivergent learners like herself

As chair of OEA's Aspiring Educators division, Kent State University student Kyndal Mickel is a staunch advocate for the needs of other future educators. She's also passionate about making sure she can effectively meet the needs of neurodivergent learners when she becomes an early childhood educator after graduation. As Kyndal shares in this episode, it's a mission driven by the challenges she faced herself as a neurodivergent student in Ohio schools. 

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