Brianne Safer

Naperville, Illinois | Psychology Major, General Business and Management & Leadership Minors

Brianne has been involved with Opening Minds through Art since her sophomore year at Miami, serving as a volunteer and student leader, as well as serving as treasurer and president of the student organization associated with the project. One nominator wrote that, in her work with elders, Brianne constantly communicates her belief in the worth and potential of those who many in our society view through a lens of disability and merely as shells of people. Brianne also extended this dedication through her work with the Miami chapter of the Threshold Choir, which sings to people in hospice programs who are at the end of their lives. 

On top of her extensive work with community elders with dementia, Brianne was a member of Miami’s very successful varsity synchronized skating team. She also teaches young people to skate and has served as a mentor through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County.