Michael Matthiesen

Michael is a Senior Academic and Career Advisor and adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Miami Dade College. Before becoming a Senior Advisor, he served as a Grant Coordinator for the Community College Initiative, a U.S. State Department Fulbright Scholarship, located at MDC. Michael has worked at MDC since 2012, starting as an AmeriCorps VISTA for MDC’s Single Stop program. As an AmeriCorps VISTA, Michael raised $1.25 million in monetary and in-kind donations for MDC students living in poverty. For his service, Michael received the President’s Call to Service Award and Presidential Volunteer Service Award from the Obama White House. Michael received a Rotary Global Grant Scholarship to complete an M.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics of Health from University College London (UCL), University of London.