AVÀÇÂÛ̳

Heidi Rader

Professor of Extension

Cooperative Extension Service

Troth Yeddha' Campus, University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks

Heidi Rader is the Project Director for the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ 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 AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks. She writes a and films  to help people successfully and sustainable garden and farm in AVÀÇÂÛ̳. 

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, AVÀÇÂÛ̳) & 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 AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native traditional healing and yoga clinic in Knik, AVÀÇÂÛ̳.  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.

Jasmine Shaw

Program Assistant, Sitka Outreach Center

Sitka

Jasmine offers gardening and 4-H classes in Sitka and in surrounding villages. 

Sarah Lewis

Family & Community Development Agent for Southeast AVÀÇÂÛ̳

Juneau

As the Family and Community Development Faculty for the Juneau District of the UAF Cooperative Extension, I have the privilege and joy of traveling and teaching throughout Southeast AVÀÇÂÛ̳. My goal is to increase the resilience of Southeast AVÀÇÂÛ̳n families by teaching the best use of their household and community resources: Local food, finances, energy, home and self-reliance skills.