Health insurance matters. Health insurance matters for my three friends currently battling cancer and health insurance matters for hundreds of thousands more Coloradans.
The Action is Upstream
My parents met in the romantic setting of a fish packing camp in Togiak, Alaska, where they toiled through 20-hour days during the summer wearing rubber overalls and smelling like fish guts.
The Hard and Soft Science of Health Systems Change
In my undergraduate years, I studied sociology. As a young adult frustrated by the dysfunction of our world, I immersed myself in theories, trying to understand how groups and societies functioned.
Waiting for Spring
I am an avid gardener, and about this time every year I get a little antsy. The 70-degree days that grace us in late March trick me into thinking that it is safe to plant my tomatoes early.
The Profit in Nonprofit
In high school, I was voted Most Likely to Be Rich. So far at least, it’s not a very accurate prediction. If that was ever really the goal though, I wouldn’t have picked a nonprofit career path.