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Heidi Rader
Professor of Extension
Cooperative Extension Service
Troth Yeddha' Campus, University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks
Heidi Rader is the Project Director for the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Tribes Extension Program. She partners with Traditional Ecological Knowledge Holders to promote health, wellness and self-sufficiency through education on food and agriculture. She teaches webinars and workshops on these topics and teaches at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks. She writes a and films to help people successfully and sustainable garden and farm in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.
Molly Cerridwen
Yupik Traditional Healer and Traditional Knowledge Holder
Wasilla
Molly Cerridwen is Yup’ik, Siberian Yup'ik, and Irish with ancestral ties to Qaluyaaq (Nelson Island, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ) & County Kerry, Ireland. She is a member of Too NaaleÅ‚ Denh (Manley Hot Springs Tribe) and Knik Tribe. Molly is the founder of Shapeshifting Wellness; an ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native traditional healing and yoga clinic in Knik, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. She weaves traditional health-based practices with complementary and alternative medicine modalities to support each person, and each community where they are in their journey of wellness.
Anja Maijala
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Tribes Extension Educator and Outreach Coordinator
Cooperative Extension Service
Troth Yeddha' Campus, University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks
Anja Maijala works with Heidi Rader and the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Tribes Extension Program to serve tribes around ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ through education and outreach on food and agriculture.
Emily Becker
Gardening Specialist with RurAL CAP GROW
Anchorage
Emily Becker is a Gardening Specialist with RurAL CAP GROW, where she advises projects and connects them with resources and education. She taught for 20 years in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ public schools. A permaculture designer, she enjoys seeing the application of principles from nature in community organizing, especially the need to design for resilience. She is the President of the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Master Gardeners Anchorage, a 300-member non-profit, and serves on the Board of Directors of Boyer’s Orchard and the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Community Forestry Council.
Sarah Lewis
Family & Community Development Agent for Southeast ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ
Juneau
As the Family and Community Development Faculty for the Juneau District of the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Cooperative Extension, I have the privilege and joy of traveling and teaching throughout Southeast ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. My goal is to increase the resilience of Southeast ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñn families by teaching the best use of their household and community resources: Local food, finances, energy, home and self-reliance skills.
Jasmine Shaw
Program Assistant, Sitka Outreach Center
Sitka
Jasmine offers gardening and 4-H classes in Sitka and in surrounding villages.
Grow Program
RurAL Cap
https://ruralcap.org/
The RurAL Cap Grow program provides technical assistance to Tribes throughout ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ in areas related to food and agriculture and offers virtual workshops.
Darren Snyder
Juneau District Agriculture/Horticulture Agent
Juneau
Contact Darren with your questions about agriculture, horticulture, community gardening, food security and building resilient communities.
Gino Graziano
Invasive plants Instructor
Anchorage
Gino Graziano is an invasive plants specialist with Extension with interests in developing management techniques and providing educational opportunities for land managers, private industry and the public regarding invasive plant and forest health management. Current projects include developing management techniques for invasive Prunus padus, developing educational programs, and surveying and monitoring invasive plants and forest health stressors. Pest management, conservation biology.