Catalyst Chicago
In her final meetings with 68 graduating seniors this year, Hope College Prep counselor Lindsay Brown made this simple request: “Remember my number.” When her name popped up on caller ID, she told them, she wanted them to answer.
“They knew I was going to harass them this summer to make sure everything was A-OK,” she says. “I’m like: ‘Miss Brown is not going to leave you, I’m going to be right there for you.’”