Meet Chiquita

Chiquita Miller has been working as a K-State Research and Extension – Wyandotte County, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent in Kansas City, Kansas since 2000. Before working as an Extension agent, she worked as a preschool educator, athletic coach, and social worker. She served her country in the United States military for five years as a Unit Supply Specialist and Medical Lab Tech. She also attended college at Florida A&M University on a basketball scholarship prior to joining the military.

Education:
Chiquita has her Ph.D. in Family Studies (2015), MS in Adolescence and Youth Counseling, and BS in Social Work (1996), all from Kansas State University. She is also a master’s level Certified Substance Abuse Counselor and Certified Family Life Educator.

Work-Related Areas:
The most rewarding aspect of Chiquita’s job is working with various individuals, families, and community organizations in Wyandotte County, Metropolitan Kansas City, the state, and other national initiatives. She continuously finds ways to meet the challenging unmet needs of her community. Her most current work plan is centered on Basic Living Skills, focusing on parenting, budgeting, cleaning and clutter control, stress reduction, mindfulness, time management, trauma-free living, and job readiness, to name a few.

Chiquita is also involved as a community organizer and facilitator on projects such as Parents and Providers University, KU ThrYve Project, former Alive and Thrive Trauma facilitation, Parent Project Parenting Group, Back to School Fair, Greater Kansas City Homeless Coalition, Community Emergency Response Team, Employment Consortium of Wyandotte County, and Kansas City Kansas Community College Early Childhood Advisory Council. She also serves or has served on community boards: Mother to Mother Ministry Inc. of Kansas City, Fountain City Performance Arts Inc., Keeler Women’s Center, Groundwork-NRG, Mid-America Assistance Coalition (MAAC). Previously served: The Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition, Inc. (KSHC), United Way of Wyandotte County, and El Centro Inc. She is also a lifetime member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.