Victoria McMillan

Victoria (Torrey) McMillan is the director of the Center for Sustainability at Hathaway Brown School in Cleveland, the oldest continuously operating college preparatory school for girls in Ohio. She is a mentor to these young girls, setting an example by running marathons, participating in triathlons, and being the only female contestant in a 700-mile kayak race. She tirelessly advocates for youth environmental education in the community. As director she understands that teaching the teachers will bring awareness to more students, but her personal focus is lower and middle schoolers. On campus, she and her students designed and built a bird sanctuary, which is incorporated in many educational lessons. Her goal is to enhance her students’ appreciation of the natural world so they can act to help save it.