Destinee Miguest

Public service work is in Clinical Director of Daley College’s Wellness Center Destinee Miguest’s blood.

She grew up watching her mom become very involved in community service, and her father served the city of Chicago as a captain for the fire department. This, coupled with her undergraduate and graduate experiences, led her to the mental health field.

Destinee attended the Ohio State University for undergrad and Loyola University for grad school. As predominately white institutions (PWI), they were different from the world where she grew up. While she had some difficulties adjusting to her new reality, mental health services at both universities helped her process her feelings and enabled her to thoroughly enjoy her college experience.

Destinee now provides a similar safe space to students at Daley. She’s able to draw on her own experiences to assist the large population of students of color at Daley. She not only wants to create a sense of belonging for them at Daley, but in the wellness community as well. Destinee created a paid internship for Black and Brown students to introduce them to mental health work, remove the stigma surrounding mental health, and provide them with the tools to educate their peers, families, and communities.

In addition to her work as clinical director of Daley’s Wellness Center, Destinee runs the food pantry at Daley, serves on various committees that work to build community, and was named to the 2024 Leadership Cohort with Chicago Foundation for Women.

Destinee’s impact in the Daley community and the city earned her a 2024 Luminary Award from City Colleges.