A Big Thinker in a Small Town: Welcoming Our New Marketing Coordinator

By Casey Guditus, a Community Education Volunteer Currently an MPA student at DePaul University, Grace Schmitz studies public service and specializes in international public management. Seeking to fulfill her program’s international internship requirement, she set out to intern with Sustainable Bolivia, a non-profit in Cochabamba, Bolivia. However, a cat and a boyfriend later, she had settled down and turned her six-month internship into a one and a half year experience, working as a social media coordinator. Starting as Awamaki’s Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Grace says she is excited to work with an organization whose mission she stands behind. Besides wishing...