NICHELLE

By Sue Loughlin Tribune-Star

For Nichelle Campbell-Miller, a social worker and coach at Sarah Scott Middle School, her inspiration comes from her students.

“I love them like they are my children,” said Campbell-Miller, one of this year’s 12 under 40 award recipients. She makes it her job to know every single student in the school.

She knows every student’s name and greets them by name, she said.

“That’s my passion. I love to get to know my kids and build relationships and try to make a lasting impact,” said the 30-year-old, who is from Evanston, Illinois, but settled in Terre Haute after obtaining her bachelor’s degree in social work from Indiana State University.

She later obtained her master’s degree at ISU.

While attending college, she also met her future wife, Julie, and they decided that Terre Haute “is a pretty good place to live and build and grow as individuals and as a family,” Campbell-Miller said.

As the school social worker, Campbell-Miller works with students who have social-emotional needs and implements daily social-emotional learning checks for all students.

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■ Social worker at Sarah Scott Middle School.

■ Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from Indiana State University.

■ Past president of the Pride Center of Terre Haute, an organization she helped found. She continues to volunteer.