Mentor Biography

Katy graduated from California State University, Chico with a degree in anthropology and a minor in linguistics. She received her teaching degree from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and within a short time was teaching in Russian Mission, a Yupik village on the Yukon River. She has spent the majority of her time in Alaska in Palmer, teaching elementary school and raising three boys (Ben, Devon, and Ryan) with their father, David. She recently retired from the Mat-Su School District, and now lives in Talkeetna. During the summer she keeps busy running a bed and breakfast, Out of the Wild Talkeetna, with her partner Brian Mccullough. Katy's interests include yoga, vegetarian cooking, reading, and music.