Mary Kay Hazel

Mary Kay comes to Michigan from the State Department, where she designed creative educational and cultural diplomacy programs and launched the Storytelling for Social Change initiative. Previously, Mary Kay spent four years as the director of a youth-focused nonprofit in India and received the Maharashtra Human Rights Advocate Award and the Symbiosis Law School Humanitarian Medal for her work with children and families from marginalized tribes. Through the Global Activities Scholars Program, Mary Kay plans to develop skills connecting vulnerable groups to the policymaking process and filling in the gaps between laws and positive social outcomes. In her spare time, she is an arts nerd and accomplished French horn player who has performed on international stages from Lincoln Center to Athens, Greece. Mary Kay earned her BA in French literature and music from Emory University, with additional studies at Université Paris-Sorbonne.