The founder and Executive Producer of Get Schooled podcast, and DICCE, which creates curriculum and resources for Gen Z to be more culturally responsive, empathetic, and equity-driven, Zoë Jenkins is a 17-year-old changing systems and loving forward. In her powerful talk she will explain why our world needs superheroes more than ever and teach us how to become one amidst the empathy crisis. "A villain is not an individual: it's a mindset," she says. Facilitator, Founder, and Storyteller
Zoë Jenkins is a 17-year-old changing systems and loving forward. She is the founder and Executive Producer of Get Schooled podcast with the Kentucky Student Voice Team, an organization elevating Kentucky students as partners in education research and policy. As a part of her podcasting work, she was named a 2020 National Geographic Young Explorer which allowed her to create a fellowship amplifying the voices of Kentucky's least heard students. Zoë was an inaugural fellow with Civics Unplugged and serves as the Chair of the Civics 2030 Steering Committee. Zoë also founded DICCE, which creates curriculum and resources for Gen Z to be more culturally responsive, empathetic, and equity-driven. As a part of DICCE, Zoë has facilitated workshops at Stanford's d.school and events with the Nobel Prize Summit. In the fall, she will be attending the University of Virginia. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx