Heidi Rader

Professor of Extension

Cooperative Extension Service

Troth Yeddha' Campus, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Heidi Rader is the Project Director for the Alaska 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 Growing a Productive, Sustainable Garden in Alaska at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She writes a blog and films YouTube videos to help people successfully and sustainable garden and farm in Alaska. 

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, Alaska) & County Kerry, Ireland. She is a member of Too Naaleł Denh (Manley Hot Springs Tribe) and Knik Tribe. Molly is the founder of Shapeshifting Wellness; an Alaska Native traditional healing and yoga clinic in Knik, Alaska.  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.

Anja Maijala

Alaska Tribes Extension Educator and Outreach Coordinator

Cooperative Extension Service

Troth Yeddha' Campus, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Anja Maijala works with Heidi Rader and the Alaska Tribes Extension Program to serve tribes around Alaska through education and outreach on food and agriculture.

Sarah Lewis

Family & Community Development Agent for Southeast Alaska

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 Alaska. My goal is to increase the resilience of Southeast Alaskan families by teaching the best use of their household and community resources: Local food, finances, energy, home and self-reliance skills.

Emily Becker

Gardening Specialist with RurAL CAP GROW

Anchorage

Emily Becker is a Gardening Specialist with RurAL CAP GROW, where she advises projects and connects them with resources and education. She taught for 20 years in Alaska public schools. A permaculture designer, she enjoys seeing the application of principles from nature in community organizing, especially the need to design for resilience. She is the President of the Alaska Master Gardeners Anchorage, a 300-member non-profit, and serves on the Board of Directors of Boyer’s Orchard and the Alaska Community Forestry Council. 

Marisa McKasson

Assistant Professor of Extension

Cooperative Extension Service

Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA), Anchorage

Marisa McKasson is an Extension agent for the Alaska Tribes Extension Program serving the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands. She partners with the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) to promote food sovereignty and help communities grow, cook, safely preserve, and eat more food at home. She travels to the region to work with the communities she serves, teaches in-person and virtual workshops, and provides technical assistance on food-related topics and projects.  

Jasmine Shaw

Program Assistant, Sitka Outreach Center

Sitka

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

Grow Program

RurAL Cap

https://ruralcap.org/

The RurAL Cap Grow program provides technical assistance to Tribes throughout Alaska in areas related to food and agriculture and offers virtual workshops.

Darren Snyder

Juneau District Agriculture/Horticulture Agent

Juneau

Contact Darren with your questions about agriculture, horticulture, community gardening, food security and building resilient communities. 

Gino Graziano

Invasive plants Instructor

Anchorage

Gino Graziano is an invasive plants specialist with Extension with interests in developing management techniques and providing educational opportunities for land managers, private industry and the public regarding invasive plant and forest health management. Current projects include developing management techniques for invasive Prunus padus, developing educational programs, and surveying and monitoring invasive plants and forest health stressors. Pest management, conservation biology.