Micah is a current student at William & Mary, majoring in Public Policy and minoring in Africana Studies with a concentration in African-American History. Her primary interests are in dismantling systemic racism affecting African-American communities, providing an empowering and reassuring voice for women of color, and becoming a doctor of Philosophy in Law during her future academic career. Micah, employed by William & Mary Libraries, serves as a Research Assistant for Jennifer Putzi in the Africana Studies and English Department. Her digital humanities research is focused on the diary of a wealthy 19th-century African-American woman, Mary Virginia Montgomery, and helping develop an interactive website to feature the diary and its history to interested academics and avid learners in Diary History. She also serves as the current president of a multicultural organization on campus, ESSENCE Women of Color. ESSENCE, which stands for Educating Strength and Sisterhood by Executing a Nuturing Commuity of Empowerment, aims to create a safe space for women of color by hosting activities like the Black Professionals Dinner, where students are invited to make professional connections with notable Black alumni.
Micah Hutchings '27