Lessons from Leaders: Featured Guest Mishelle Rudzinski, Co-Founder and Executive Director of SPOON

This week I sat down with Mishelle Rudzinski, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of SPOON. Mishelle's story of leadership and co-founding an organization is one like many leaders: She saw a need and decided to fill it. Her leadership story began at a deeply personal level with the adoption of her daughter. A journey which included an incorrect diagnosis, and severe malnourishment. It was her own daughter's experience with malnutrition that led to the research of children everywhere who have been living outside of families in what is termed as residential care."We couldn't find any solid answers, and we couldn't find any organizations that were addressing this. We thought we would go volunteer somewhere but we couldn't find an organization. This led to us reaching out to the right people, networking with them, and saying together: 'Let's solve the problem.' That led to the beginning of SPOON."Mishelle's questioning and her curiosity around finding a need and taking it step by step, without getting stopped by the 'how', is just the beginning of her inspirational journey in leadership. I am excited to share this episode with you and look forward to your takeaways. Thank you Mishelle for sharing your story and your organization not just with us, but with the world.