There she focuses on police reform within schools, voting rights, and criminal and juvenile justice reform. Michelle authored a report, Handcuffs and Hallways, which analyzed Chicago Public Schools’ use of Chicago Police Officers inside their schools. Ms. Mbekeani-Wiley received her JD from the University of Chicago Law School. As a former Émigré Memorial German Fellow, Ms. Mbekeani-Wiley worked for Germany’s State Parliament in the Department of Education and Integration advocating for primary/secondary language assistance programs for immigrant children in Germany. She earned her BA from Stony Brook University in German Language and Literature, Political Science, and Middle Eastern Studies. In 2017, Ms. Mbekeani-Wiley was awarded Crain’s Chicago Business 20 in their 20s award.