I recently retired from a 37 year career working for the State of Alaska in the Departments of Fish & Game and Education and Early Development. This work allowed me to experience life in both remote Alaska and Juneau. I have a loved one who lives with mental health challenges and my journey with them brought me to the NAMI Family-to-Family class more than 10 years ago. Since then, I have stayed involved with NAMI as an instructor for the NAMI Basics course and a facilitator for the Family Support group. I enjoy these volunteer opportunities very much. In 2020 I was pleased to begin working for NAMI as the office manager. This has proven to be a great retirement job. When not engaged with NAMI I enjoy walking the local trails with friends and visiting with my grown daughter in Washington.