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the secret to her success. Hint, there is no “I” in team. You have a big job — tell us a bit about what you do. I love it and feel like I get to be a part of exciting work that makes a difference. I see three main parts to my work with the hospital. The first is my role in conducting the community health needs assessment and health-improvement plan with our community partners. All nonprofit hospitals are required to do this every three years under the Affordable Care Act. This is critical work, as

what we’re putting ourselves into. They can’t do much about the situation, but support us in it,” Chrissy says. PLU’s culture taught and modeled how easy it can be to communicate on an individual level, she notes. “In New York City, nobody really does that, everyone is so busy with their own personal interests, so patients take note to those who give the extra minute to just speak with them. They often guess we aren’t from here. PLU taught me this service culture, to always have a humanistic

practices. However, where it’s different is that we’re now shifting our professional support for leaders, teachers and coaches to helping them get through this immediate shift.” We caught up Anderson, who was named Montana’s Teacher of the Year in 2016, to learn more about how educators, students and parents across the nation are doing during this unprecedented time and to learn more about the challenges they are facing (well beyond some schools simply being closed). PLU: Tell us about what you were

shaped her into someone who can easily relate to others in challenging situations,” said Laura Fitzwater Gonzales, a PLU sociology professor. “April also confronts the racist and elitist systems and organizations within which she has to operate. Her ideas challenge the norms of whiteness and elitism and push us forward in new and different ways.”The transition into college life wasn’t easy. Reyes says it was difficult navigating her new world of academia. “It was a culture shock for me,” she said

subcutaneous fluids to a hawk for the first time! Delivering fluids just beneath the skin like this is a common method for treating dehydration and delivering medications. Please walk us through a typical day at your internship and how your role has evolved. BD: A typical day at my internship begins around 9 a.m. with me doing a walkthrough of the clinic, checking on the welfare of the patients. I then begin preparing and administering morning meals and meds for all of the patients. Around 11 a.m., all