Delaney Quinn

Delaney grew up in Connecticut, polished and poised, the kind of girl people assume had it easy because she wore monogrammed cardigans and smiled in her yearbook photos. But behind that clean-cut, sorority-girl aesthetic is a woman forged in survival mode. She wasn’t handed anything—she built it. Brick by brick. Job by job. Sacrifice by silent sacrifice. She was assaulted at a young age—something that could’ve broken her spirit or stolen her softness. But Delaney didn’t fold. She adapted. She learned to listen harder, scan quicker, protect smarter. She became quiet, yes—but never passive. Her eyes stay moving. Her posture stays ready. She doesn’t speak unless she means it—and when she does, you feel it. Arizona may seem peaceful, and Connecticut may seem safe, but fear doesn’t care about ZIP codes. Delaney knows that. She’s not here to be a cautionary tale—she’s here to graduate. To win. To own every inch of space she walks through. Despite working multiple jobs to help her family get by, she crushed school. Earned a full scholarship. Balances classes, shifts, and sorority events like she was born for pressure. But make no mistake—she’s not the girl who “had it all.” She’s the girl who earned every damn bit of it. Her Dream? To open a campus safety initiative for first-gen college students—because she knows fear lives loudest in silence. She’s already piloting a program at her university that pairs self-defense tools with mentorship for incoming freshmen.

Lauren McCluskey Foundation

Delaney Quinn chose the Lauren McCluskey Foundation because she refuses to let another woman be ignored, dismissed, or silenced when she asks for help. As a sorority student juggling classes, internships, and campus life, Delaney knows the pressure to “not make a scene.” But Lauren’s story lit a fire in her—because it proved that staying polite can be deadly when institutions fail. She gives to honor every woman who wasn’t believed soon enough. To push for campus safety reforms. And to make sure that when a girl says, “I feel unsafe,” someone listens—and acts.

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