Rachel Miller

Founder/CEO

Rachel Miller is the Founder & CEO of Closegap, a not-for-profit technology company that makes it simple for schools to support the emotional health of K-12 students through mental health check-ins. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Authority Magazine, Edutopia, U.S. News & World Report, and the Associated Press, among others. Closegap was selected to be part of HundrED's 2024 Global Collection, was named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2023, and won an Anthem Award for Responsible Technology Products in 2022. Los Angeles Business Journal named Rachel an Emerging Leader of the Year in 2022. Rachel earned her Master of Science in Entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam and her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at USC's Marshall School of Business.

June 25, 2024

Adversity to Advocacy: Rachel Miller - Pivoting Purpose to Amplify Impact

“At that time, I really thought that money was the biggest issue. What I soon realized was that actually, not having money was not the biggest issue. The biggest issue was that the adults in my life were struggling so deeply, and there were severe mental health issues taking place. And so it was this shift from trying to eliminate adversity, to trying to pull a lever that actually could be pulled, which is just to get mental health resources into these high-need environments." - Rachel Miller Ha...

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