Charleston Spotlight: Michelle Lindsey – Author, humanitarian, philanthropist and supporter of Ukraine struggle

Among the many wonderful and selfless citizens of Charleston who dedicate their lives to helping others is Michelle Lindsey.

Michelle has traveled the world, dedicated time and resources to charities, given her talent for the written word to bring awareness and spoken loudly about human rights and freedoms. We are so proud to feature Michelle as a local humanitarian.

Michelle’s Official Website

About Michelle Lindsey

Hello, everyone! I’m Michelle. I’m a writer, an author, a humanitarian advocate and aid worker, a grassroots philanthropist, a runner, a traveler, and a dog lover.

I am honored and blessed to be an award-winning writer and author who has been writing professionally, and been published continually, since I was 14. I have worked as a staff writer, columnist, contributor, and feature writer for various newspapers and magazines in the United States, and have also had my work published in several newspapers around the world, as well as in international magazines. For various feature articles and publications, I have also interviewed political leaders, actors, singers, and athletes. In 1998, when I was 16, I was humbled and thrilled to be chosen as the winner of a prestigious international essay contest in USA TODAY newspaper. My highly acclaimed short story “The Ghost of Arabelle Vale” was a winner in the 2017 and 2018 Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards. I am currently working to complete my debut novel “The Light We Find”.

I briefly worked in the documentary film industry in 2008 and 2009.

I have been involved in grassroots diplomatic efforts and I have worked in politics off and on since 2000. I have worked on, and been a part of, various political campaigns including presidential campaigns, at the local, state, and national level, as a writer, strategist, consultant, adviser, organizer, program director and grassroots director. In 2001, I was chosen to serve as an intern in the White House. I have written countless political opinion and editorial columns throughout my career, which began, so to speak, in 1991, when I was 10 years old and living in Arkansas. President Bill Clinton was, at that time, the Governor of Arkansas. I interviewed President (then Governor) Clinton in Little Rock, in the summer of 1991, for a community newspaper that I started in my hometown; the proceeds from the sale of the newspaper went to the local children’s home.

I am blessed to be a humanitarian advocate and aid worker, and a grassroots philanthropist, with a special focus on helping orphans and orphanages around the world. My heart is with my special orphanages in Uganda, South Africa, and Zambia, and to their building, school, and farming projects there – and to doing all that I can to help and make a positive difference, and bring hope, opportunity, and joy into the hearts and lives of the precious children who reside in these orphanages and attend these schools.

I am also a dedicated supporter of dementia charities, and fundraising efforts for patients and caregivers, in both the US and UK, in memory of my mom who died in 2017 after an agonizing battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Additionally, I also support and work with animal rescue groups and shelters.

In April 2022, I launched a humanitarian advocacy project supporting Ukraine – “Write for Ukraine”. You can visit www.WriteForUkraine.org to find more information on how you can contribute your voice to the effort. You can also read my short story there, supporting Ukraine, “Where the Sunflowers Grow”.

My goal and mission in life is to use the time, gifts, abilities, and the life that God has given me, and blessed me with, to serve Him, to help others, and to help make the world a better, kinder place.

I am an avid runner and have run and completed several half marathons. I am a proud and humbled finisher of the extraordinary Pikes Peak Ascent race in Colorado. I am also a swimmer, a dog lover, a photographer, a Crohn’s Disease and Myocarditis survivor, and a lover of classic movies, travel, books, music, history, and the television shows “Downton Abbey”, “The West Wing”, and “I Love Lucy”. I love the beach and spending time with my precious dog and best buddy, Bogart, an American Bulldog/Pointer mix, whom I rescued from a shelter in 2019.

I have lived in 11 states, including Hawaii, and currently make my home in lovely Charleston, South Carolina.