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. Well, it took off like Haun’s business. She couldn’t keep up with the fax machine tracking new orders at her home; eventually, the orders no longer fit in the basement. “We had to make the leap of faith and get an actual warehouse,” she said. “Our house smelled of leather for months after the shoes left.” The process of building the business was all learn-as-you-go. “People along the way were super friendly,” she said. “It’s a very helpful industry.” That’s when the call from Nordstrom came, months

hungry to continue his educational journey, and to experience a new part of the world. He enrolled at Leiden University in the Netherlands, completed a research project in Chile and earned a Master of Arts in Latin American studies in 2014. Taylor-Mosquera now lives with family in Cali, working with adoptees and teaching high school English. He’s savoring the newfound identity he questioned for decades. “I’ve always felt Colombian in the states,” he said, “but before this I never felt Colombian in

for the grade they wanted for each unit), and to motivate students’ progression through the curriculum with gamification. Was it while you were implementing some of these new practices that you became active in education communities online and on social media? Yes, this is when I started blogging and sharing on social media about my classroom successes and challenges. It was through this process that I became an advocate for blended learning as an avenue to achieve seamless technology integration

grateful for the kindness he experienced from strangers there and was constantly moved by the plight of refugees trying to start new lives — most of them caught up in events far beyond their control. Charles continues to watch the refugee crisis unfold from his home in the Bellingham area, mostly through news feeds and video clips. He said he thinks it’s hard for Americans to grasp the scope and scale of the human crisis unfolding in the Mediterranean. Nevertheless, he said it’s the sort of event

Cynthia Briggs KittredgeProfessor of New Testament Dean and President of the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas Co-editor of the Fortress Commentary on the Bible and Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of John Gordon LathropProfessor of Liturgy Emeritus Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Author of The Four Gospels on Sunday: The New Testament and the Reform of Christian Worship and The Pastor: A Spirituality Barbara RossingProfessor of New Testament Lutheran