Author Archives: Christopher

Oh The Places You Will Go

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Teacher of All Things I saw her wearing a bold, playful t-shirt “Teacher of All Things” in an Alaska library. It lead to this great teaching moment so inspired by love for children and the message by Dr Seuss.

The Art of Conversation in Medicine

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A medical student’s take on this essential art in her professional practice.

Habitat for Humanity … changing lives

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How Habitat changes lives … in this case for a woman in a wheel chair.

An objective lens on the world

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Carmen took a medical elective course where students visit cities throughout the world to discover how medicine is delivered. Here she talks about the impact it has on students studying in many parts of the world.. To view her playlist

Musical ties to the community

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A wonderful community building initiative by the Skagway Library.

A life’s wish fulfilled … by her mother’s reading

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She’d taught for 10 years but never in her own town. This last year she was teaching in her home town, and was able to fulfill a dream… having her mother read to her students. It left a unique legacy

Growing project in Ketchikan

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She is trained as a biologist and finds her role as children’s librarian is packed with opportunities to work with students with cool experiments, like the community square foot garden project.

Opportunity in Alaska…

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He and his family moved from Colorado to Haine’s Alaska to be with family… Being an opportunist opened surprising doors in this small town.

Support for heroic acts

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Heroic acts by an immigrant to Saltspring Island brought great response… by Islanders and even a pod of orcas.   Other clips from this event

Finding my calling .. shifting from Law to Habitat

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At 51 she found her ‘calling’ and left her career as an attorney to work for Habitat for Humanity. A person of faith, she sees God as preparing her through her years of being an attorney for her ‘real work.’